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January 11, 2008

Weak Passwords to Avoid

I'm almost done with my continued rant about creating strong passwords. It amazes me that so many people make such poor choices when creating their passwords.

A few people emailed me this week for examples of weak passwords. So I went ahead and put together a short list of ten passwords to avoid.

1. "password"
2. "123456"
3. "administrator" (or "admin)
4. "pass1234"
5. "qwerty"
6. "asdf"
7. "letmein"
8. Any password that includes your name or the name of family/friends/pets
9. Any password that includes your address or city/state/zipcode
10. Any password that includes your social security number

And don't forget to check out my blog post from earlier this week that lists some guidelines for creating strong passwords.....

Posted by Hugh Garber at January 11, 2008 07:14 AM digg this add to del.icio.us add to My Web Furl this page

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