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RE: Suggested "safe" password length
From: "CHRIS GRABENSTEIN" <LFGRABC () LF VCCS EDU>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:59:26 -0500
Or just use a whole phrase as your password. An 8-digit password using a mix of upper/lower case, numbers, and symbols (94 possibilities I believe unless you use ALT+XXX characters) has 6,095,689,385,410,816 possibilities. A 14-digit passphrase using only upper and lower case letters has 1,056,931,425,538,820,521,590,784 possibilities. Use more than 14 digits and I don't believe the password will even be stored in an LM hash making it even more secure. |-----Original Message----- |From: Rodrigo Otaviano [mailto:rodrigo () otaviano com] |Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 8:08 PM |To: security-basics () securityfocus com |Subject: Re: Suggested "safe" password length | | |In-Reply-To: <059901c3aaa2$b3cf5880$1100a8c0@dtg17> | |Another good way to generate a password is by memorizing a | |long phrase and then picking the first letters of each word. | | | |For example: "it's been 4 years since my graduation!" | | | |The password would be" Isb4ysmg!" | | | |At first sight it sounds like strange but it's very easy to remember | |once you've memorized the phrase. Of course, it would be | |interesting to mix both letters and numbers. | | | |Rodrigo Otavio Paes de Barros Otaviano --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forum Systems PRESIDIO: PGP / XML GATEWAY APPLIANCE The Presidio integrates PGP data encryption and XML Web Services security to simplify the management and deployment of PGP and reduce overall PGP costs by up to 80%. FREE WHITEPAPER & 30 Day Trial - http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/ForumSystems_security-basics_031027 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Re: Suggested "safe" password length Patrick M Darienzo Jr (Nov 16)
- RE: Suggested "safe" password length dave kleiman (Nov 17)
- RE: Suggested "safe" password length JohnNicholson (Nov 16)
- RE: Suggested "safe" password length Ben Cain (Nov 17)
- RE: Suggested "safe" password length dave kleiman (Nov 17)
- RE: Suggested "safe" password length Smith, KC (Nov 16)
- Re: Suggested "safe" password length Simon Gray (Nov 17)
- RE: Suggested "safe" password length Chris Berry (Nov 17)
- Re: Suggested "safe" password length Rodrigo Otaviano (Nov 17)
- RE: Suggested "safe" password length Inlow, Richard N (Nov 17)
- RE: Suggested "safe" password length CHRIS GRABENSTEIN (Nov 17)
- RE: Suggested "safe" password length CHRIS GRABENSTEIN (Nov 17)
- Re[2]: Suggested "safe" password length Vishal (Nov 17)
- RE: Suggested "safe" password length Kenneth Buchanan (Nov 18)
- Re: Suggested "safe" password length No God (Nov 20)
- RE: Suggested "safe" password length Chris Berry (Nov 20)
- Re: Re[2]: Suggested "safe" password length Chris Berry (Nov 21)
- Re[4]: Suggested "safe" password length Vishal (Nov 23)
- Re: Suggested "safe" password length Patrick M Darienzo Jr (Nov 16)