Thursday, September 22, 2011

How to Create a Strong Password ?


You must follow the following criteria while creating a Strong Password:
  •     The password must be a minimum of 8+ characters.
  •     The password must have 1 number , 1 special character, 1 Upper Case character.

A very simple example that I use to explain my friends and colleages is : P@ssw0rd. It fullfills all the criteria's. The 'a' is replaced by a special character @. The 'P' is of upper case. The 'o' is replaced by the numeral 0.
Well, you can now convert your regular password into a Strong Password by following a few changes like the example I have mentioned above for the simple password - P@ssw0rd.

  •     Make the first character Upper Case.
  •     Change all 'a' in the password to the special character @.
  •     Change all 's' in the password to the special character $.*
  •     Change all 'l' in the password to the special character !.
  •     Change all 'o' in the password to the numerical 0.
  •     Change all 'i' in the password to the numerical 1.


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