Thread: Password Suggestions

Originally Posted by just4kix

He! He! Of course not. Smoothvibes is joking. My password is extremely strong.

Any tips for strong passwords.
like - min num of chars.......

6 letters should be minimum and maybe include a digit as well!

Originally Posted by Just4kick

Any tips for strong passwords.
like - min num of chars.......

At least ten characters with a healthy mix of UPPER and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters.

Download this tool:

Security Guide for Windows - Random Password Generator

Its only 392 KB...very small.

You can create passwords like: B8es7ust or b?S73raC?+...which are very difficult for anyone to seconds guess.

Practicle Guide lines for password (maybe just too practicle ? )

->Mix mixes uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and punctuation
->built from a phrase that a user can memorise
-> minimum characters 8 (standard rule) .... more the characters more Harder it is to break it
->Dont use your name , city name,pet name etc etc
->Avoid common words
->Proxy sites steal you password , never log in from proxy sites



Example :

Step 1:

selecting a random phrase

i eat weblogs

Step 2:
Strengthening it using things i can remember

My favourite number = 746 (not really)

so
Encoding it --> i7eat4web6logs

step 3 : Capitalising
I7Eat4Web6logs

step 4 : More Numerals
I = 1
o = 0
s = 5

17Eat4Web6log5

Step 5 : Punctuating

17E"at4W"eb6log5!

step 6 : Symbols @ , # $ etc ...here a=@

17E"@t4W"eb6log5!

Tada ! A password created by you which even you wont recognise

You dont have to follow all the steps

Note : The stronger your password is the harder it will be to remember

i tried" i eat weblogs " password on your account a many times shadowcon but its not working :lol:

Originally Posted by 18lama

Download this tool:

Security Guide for Windows - Random Password Generator

Its only 392 KB...very small.

You can create passwords like: B8es7ust or b?S73raC?+...which are very difficult for anyone to seconds guess.

Now they use very advanced methods using technology .... nobody guesses anymore

one of the oldest method used is

Dictionary attack -> computer uses dictionary to enter all names/nicknames and English words ... even trying combinations such as Capitalised words For Example the computer may try rat in 3 different forms Rat /rAt/raT

as computers are fast they can try all possible combinations in few hours

so a hacker needs only your mail id to hack ur account !

This can even now capture 60-70% of the passwords because users use weak password

additional combination rules can be defined in the dictionary/Database

yes thats true by all senses..

i even heard russian hacker mafias are issuing passwords for as low as $1.5 only..

Originally Posted by mail2sc

i tried" i eat weblogs " password on your account a many times shadowcon but its not working :lol:

i dont eat weblog/blog :no:

dont worry .......... i dont use that as any of my password

i dont even use the same rules/steps .... if you are creative u can do it in many different ways

was just joking...

i feel people must use very long passwords with numbers symbols..

Hey if you have any elementary program knowledge in any of C, C++, Java

You can write a very simple program to generate a password for you.

I have one for mine. But i dont use it (bit lazy).

Also regarding Attacks

Beware of your security questions

Try to give funny answers for those.

Example:
Who is your first teacher?
Answer - Brinjal Rice

You need not remember it as most sites offer you to reset via email

Generating strong passwords is easy - the problem is remembering them. :lol:

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

Note : The stronger your password is the harder it will be to remember

Always good to have a pocket diary where you store passwords

one more mistake many ppl do is using the same psswrd for different sites

I use KeePassPortable to keep track of my passwords.

freeware
categories for having passwords
portable
inbuilt random password genrator

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

Always good to have a pocket diary where you store passwords

So that your enemy can stole it......
:lol: :lol: :lol:

How come your wallet is nt stolen ?

offtopic posters ----> GTH

Writing password and storing it somewhere is not at all safe....

Minimum 8 characters.
A combination of uppercase letter , lower case letter, numbers & special characters.
The password must contain at least one uppercase letter , lower case letter, numbers & special characters.

Originally Posted by Rameshjeee

Minimum 8 characters.
A combination of uppercase letter , lower case letter, numbers & special characters.
The password must contain at least one uppercase letter , lower case letter, numbers & special characters.

so whats ur password jee......

i think 8 chracters and 3 symbols with 2 upper

Originally Posted by mail2sc

i think 8 chracters and 3 symbols with 2 upper

nah i wanna know the actual password, otherwise i may make mistake while creating pwd. After all i'm just a dumb spammer

Yes, Jeee - your actual password will give us a very good example. go ahead. tell us. we wont tell it to anyone else. :lol:

And don't worry we won't change it once we use it

for Indians its quite easy
take any word from your mother tongue
write the spelling in english
add a special character somewhere in between
add a number also

eg take byomkesh bokshi (the famous detective character)
its a name so should start with a capital
add two special characters
Byom#kesh$Bokshi
add a number also
Byom#kesh$Bokshi1

now lets see who can sugest a way to crack such passwords

The caps lock is interesting, i generally think that passwords need to be small caps, well i suppose its a habit you dont think of adding caps to a password.

At times i think if you need to login into an account then it would be annoying having to change the caps lock key everytime.