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> This exact policy has led most passwords in the bank I work in to be a
> combination of a random prefix and a numerical postfix. When it's time to
> change the password, you just increment the postfix, and done.
Tried that, "Password is too similar to a previous one". I use that exact
system for a particular password, but this stupid system really forces you
to invent a totally new strong password every month.
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"scott" <sco### [at] laptop com> wrote in message
news:4871c300$1@news.povray.org...
> > This exact policy has led most passwords in the bank I work in to be a
> > combination of a random prefix and a numerical postfix. When it's time
to
> > change the password, you just increment the postfix, and done.
>
> Tried that, "Password is too similar to a previous one". I use that exact
> system for a particular password, but this stupid system really forces you
> to invent a totally new strong password every month.
>
What I do is to pick a song or poem that I know well, and use 1 line of the
song each month. I'll reduce some words to just letters and replace some
letters with numbers. All I need to remember is the song, the line and what
conversion method I'm using.
Say for example Sting's song Desert Rose, I might get the following 4
passwords from the first 2 verses:
1DoR1DoGitDSand
1WiV1DoLaTRtmHand
1DoFTDaTtaHtwNTire
A1tFHSPitSoaMDesire
It's usually complex enough for most systems and it's a little easier to
remember than some made up mess.
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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:16:10 +0200, "Gail Shaw" <initialsurname@sentech sa dot
com> wrote:
>What I do is to pick a song or poem that I know well, and use 1 line of the
>song each month. I'll reduce some words to just letters and replace some
>letters with numbers. All I need to remember is the song, the line and what
>conversion method I'm using.
Thanks, I'm always on the lookout for ways of generating passwords.
--
Regards
Stephen
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Gail Shaw wrote:
> What I do is to pick a song or poem that I know well, and use 1 line of the
> song each month. I'll reduce some words to just letters and replace some
> letters with numbers. All I need to remember is the song, the line and what
> conversion method I'm using.
I recall a study showed that if you just take any normal English
sentence and use only the first initial of each word, the result is very
similar statistically to a random selection of letters - in other words,
it makes quite a strong password. (Provided it's sufficiently long anyway.)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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scott wrote:
>> Dunno. I have loads of files on my computer that I wouldn't want to
>> put on a shared drive. Financial documents, scripts with passwords
>> embedded in them, drafts of letters, etc.
>
> But on a *work* computer?
>
Yeah, but some people put personal stuff on their laptop. I'm still
trying to figure out what to do with former system harddrives that had
quicken data on them. :/ Of course, due to recent problems around here
with ID theft, I'm the type of paranoid that probably shreds more than
the necessary amounts of paper. No sales receipt leaves my hands without
going through a shredder, first. Some shredders will destroy CD's BTW...
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Some shredders will destroy CD's BTW...
I gotta get me some of that...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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>> Some shredders will destroy CD's BTW...
>
> I gotta get me some of that...
Ours does CDs, it's not particularly exciting :-(
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>>> Some shredders will destroy CD's BTW...
>>
>> I gotta get me some of that...
>
> Ours does CDs, it's not particularly exciting :-(
True. But I do have a pile of about 40 CDs here that I need to destroy.
I mean, I *could* just snap them in half with my bare hands... but it's
quite painful. OK if you gotta destroy beyond two CDs, but 40? No thanks...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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scott wrote:
>>> Some shredders will destroy CD's BTW...
>>
>> I gotta get me some of that...
>
> Ours does CDs, it's not particularly exciting :-(
>
Mine does, and be prepared to wear safety glasses while doing it
(especially DVDs the 2 layers really make things messy) I usually wind
up finding shards of CD or DVD somewhere across the room after
shredding. I always enjoyed bending a CD slowly until it gives way.
Polycarbonate is tough stuff, but when it reaches its failure point, it
fails spectacularly.
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Polycarbonate is tough stuff, but when it reaches its failure point, it
> fails spectacularly.
...and painfully, if you're holding it wrong. :-S
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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