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> Get Articles > PC Security and Viruses > Mind the letters and words in your password Mind the letters and words in your password Download as PDFRadhika Venkata webmasterebooks-world.com Ebooks with Resale rights & sales page http://www.ebooks-world.com/ Mind the letters and words in your password 1.Don't choose predictable passwords like asending or desending numbers or letters like 'abcjohn'. 2.Don't choose the following as your password: *Names *Birthdays *Familynames *Words from dictionary *Telephone numbers *Social security numbers *Street names *Celebrities names 3.Change your password frequently often 1-2 months. 4.Always use random letters like 'nK/Gv4sS0'. 5.Use both uppercase and lowercase letters. 6.Always use different passwords for different accounts.If you have one main password to different password protected folders keep one password for each folder. 7.Most common mistake everybody do is emailing passwords.Instead of using the utility 'Forgot password?' on login pages, write down all your passwords in a book and keep it in a safe place. 8.When ever you sign up for an account they will send you a username and password. Note them and delete the emails especially with free accounts like Yahoo and Hotmail. 9.Don't tell anyone your password.If it is a must then change it to different one. 10.Use long passwords preferably more than 6 characters. See the chart here:(Provided by tamingthebeast.com) Password--Password Format--Time taken to track down 4 charac--lower or upper case--less than few seconds 4 charac--both lower & upper--less than few seconds 8 charac--lower or upper--approx 58 hrs 8 charac--both lower & upper--approx 7 years 10 charac--lower or upper--approx 5 years 10 charac--lower & upper--approx 4648 yrs 10 charac--lower&upper and numbers-approx 26984 yrs 10.Don't check the 'Remember the password' checkbox in your 'Enter Network password' pop up window. TIP:See the example of the password below- "I met two of my Friends one week back" can be choosen as password: 'Im2omF1wb' ---------------------------------------------------------------- Radhika Venkata Subscribe to 'EbookBiz Magazine' which is completely focused on ebook business and Internet Marketing. Receive FREE Ebooks with Resale rights every month! http://www.ebooks-world.com/freetosell.shtml Webmaster Resources: List Your product, ezine or web site free! http://www.webmasters-central.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- How useful did you find this article? This article can be downloaded freely from http://www.get-articles.com and used on your website or in your ezine so long as the author is credited and their resource box left intact. You should not change any links in the article, and where the article is used on a website it's links should be clickable. Please see our terms and conditions page for more information: http://www.get-articles.com/authors-publishers-terms.php |
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