All the silly rules some companies make up for passwords – all they do is make it impossible to remember and none of those rules add a shred of extra security.
Except for one rule. Generally, the longer your password is, the more secure it is. Yet some companies put a limit on how long a password can be.
One of my passwords from the 1990’s was based on the fact that Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in 1927: baseball:Ruth60HR1927. That was decades ago and I still remember it, and it’s still a darn good password. That is, until I just spilled the beans.
Brute force attacks do not blink at mixed case, punctuation, numbers or anything else. Only length matters. An 8 character password takes several seconds to crack.
Mowog over 8 years ago
1kNowJo3
stormn1 over 8 years ago
And it changes every few days and can’t be one of your previous 10 passwords
dflak over 8 years ago
All the silly rules some companies make up for passwords – all they do is make it impossible to remember and none of those rules add a shred of extra security.
Except for one rule. Generally, the longer your password is, the more secure it is. Yet some companies put a limit on how long a password can be.
One of my passwords from the 1990’s was based on the fact that Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in 1927: baseball:Ruth60HR1927. That was decades ago and I still remember it, and it’s still a darn good password. That is, until I just spilled the beans.
Zen-of-Zinfandel over 8 years ago
Hey Bugsy…put on your gold neck chain and oversized hoodie!
MeGoNow Premium Member over 8 years ago
If he forgot his, he’ll have to go home and wait for the mail tomorrow.
Marathon Zack over 8 years ago
Along with a symbol and a weird animal noise that can’t be typed using the keyboard that came with the computer.
kaffekup over 8 years ago
If they were smart, it would be three tries and then locked out.
dflak over 8 years ago
Brute force attacks do not blink at mixed case, punctuation, numbers or anything else. Only length matters. An 8 character password takes several seconds to crack.