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July 09, 2008

Guidelines for Strong Passwords

Susan Harkins of the TechRepublic blog put together some basic, yet extremely critical password guidelines.

I like the second one -- Memorize passwords -- But sometimes it's hard when many passwords are close, slightly-varied combinations of your birthday or street address.

Here are Susan's top guidelines:
-- Use a unique password for every account that requires one.
-- Memorize your passwords; don’t write them down.
-- Passwords should be at least six characters long (more is better).
-- Replace all passwords regularly.
-- Passwords should contain a mixture or characters: upper and lower case letters, numerals, and other special characters.

Here's the full article:
Strong Password Guidelines

Posted by Erik Small at July 9, 2008 08:34 AM digg this add to del.icio.us add to My Web Furl this page

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