Password choices

[Greg Onufer]

And aside from the password choices listed, also commonly used
are keyboard patterns: qwerty, asdfg, etc.

Please:  DO NOT USE WORDS FOUND IN THE UNIX SYSTEM DICTIONARY.  FOR THAT
MATTER, PLEASE DO NOT USE REAL WORDS AS FOUND IN ANY DICTIONARY.  I HAVE
FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF A USER AT OUR SITE WHO MAILED OUR PASSWORD FILE
TO A FRIEND, AND, WITHIN A WEEK, RECEIVED A LIST OF ALL THE PASSWORDS THAT
WERE REASONABLE!!!!

Commosense helps: use at least one digit, mix upper and lower case
if your system allows you to.  A digit in the middle of the word will
effectively foul up any brute force dictionary-type search.

Disclaimer:  I disclaim.

--Greg


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