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Unread 08-19-2003, 10:33 AM   #22
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Yes it is true that the Initial passwords ARE randomly chosen for new users on the Lugerforum... but all are encouraged to change passwords to something you can easily remember...

Best industry practices for passwords are:

...at LEAST 8 characters long

...contains Upper and Lower Case characters, at Least One Number, and also includes special characters like punctuation

...Don't use a password that uses two consecutive identical characters

...When you change passwords, don't use any portion of the last 6 passwords that you have used

...Don't use a password that contains any reference to your life such as names of friends and relatives, birthdates or anniversaries and such

...NEVER use a password that contains any dictionary word in any language as even a portion of the password, because password guessing software checks those first

...Change passwords at least every 90 days

...Don't use the same userID and password for your financial information that you use for casual access to things like forums

To remember your password, choose a password that is made up from letters in a particular position in each word of a familiar phrase...such as this example password:

Tr(2)kabA!

This password uses the first letter of the words in the phrase:

"The right (2) keep and bear Arms!"

...and follows the other rules mentioned above... use your imagination and you can come up with a pretty secure password that you can remember.

I recommend that everyone visit Komando.com and download a free program called Password Safe... it is a very small program where you can store all your account information and your passwords for different functions that uses a very secure encryption algorithm to protect your passwords... Then you only have to remember ONE password... the one that opens the password safe.

BTW, for those hackers out there...I don't use the example password for anything... I just made it up...
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