The Twinkies Password 2

[2ffat]

At last! A secure password paradigm.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0303/p20s02-stct.html

James P. Cottingham
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[icehawk55]

That's not funny!

We're up to 12 character passwords at my work already. AND they MUST include Upper case, Lower case, Numbers, and at least 2 special characters.

Now as a sysadmin on multiple linux clusters I must remember these fun and exciting passwords for not only myself but for root, admin, routers, switches, etc. etc.

Oh, and we MUST change them every 3 months or whenever another person goes screaming off for another job somewhere else. Let us not forget that there can be no repeating of passwords, we can only change a password at most once a day. And no cheating by writing them down.

Kill me know. Someone. PLEASE!

Icehawk
Thou loggerheaded half-faced hedge-pig.
(Compliment provided by the Shakspearean Insult Kit)

 

[MasterRacker]

I've always used bodily fluids of animals just to make things harder to guess, but 2 special characters makes it tougher. I'd use things like "DogVomit4Profit" but now it would have to be "100%DogVomit4Fun&Profit".

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Jeff
[small][purple]It's never too early to begin preparing for [/purple]International Talk Like a Pirate Day
"The software I buy sucks, The software I write sucks. It's time to give up and have a beer..." - Me[/small]

 

[mwolf00]

I think that these tougher password restrictions are starting to have the opposite effect on me - now I HAVE to write down my passwords so I can keep then straight! So, how am I increasing security when I'm forced to write my passwords on paper?

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rick Cook

 

[2ffat]

I have so many passwords that I got a password keeper. It's a program that encrypts all my password in a small table. That way I only have to remember the password to the program. I also have to make certain that I keep a goot backup of the program and its table.


James P. Cottingham
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[sup]I'm number 1,229!
I'm number 1,229![/sup]

 

[Grenage]

But doesn't that just mean someone only needs to break one password, instead of several?


Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[2ffat]

They would still have to get into my computer before they could crack the program. The decision is which is safer, having several pieces of paper lying around or an encrypted program? Nothing will be 100% safe.


James P. Cottingham
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[sup]I'm number 1,229!
I'm number 1,229![/sup]

 

[Grenage]

That's true. Simply remembering the passwords would be best; but as you say, there are so very many to recall!


Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.