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''' ''Conditions for creating good passwords:'' '''
''' ''Conditions for creating good passwords:'' '''
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'''Never use:'''
'''Never use:'''<br>

- Computer name, account name, hostnames<br>
- Computer name, account name, hostnames<br>
- Any names.<br>
- Any names.<br>
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'''Use instead:'''
'''Use instead:'''<br>
- At least 8 signs<br>
- At least 8 signs<br>
- Letters (small and big) + numbers + special signs<br>
- Letters (small and big) + numbers + special signs<br>

Revision as of 21:33, 8 November 2004

Finally the teaching of users to choose good passwords and giving negative feedback if not is essentially on that topic.

Conditions for creating good passwords:

Never use:
- Computer name, account name, hostnames
- Any names.
- The license number of your car
- Telefon numbers
- Birthdays
- Words, which are in any dictionaries
- Simple charakter combination ... abcd, 1234
- Keyboard patterns ... qwertz
- All of the variations above reversly
- NCC-1701D is not a good choice


Use instead:
- At least 8 signs
- Letters (small and big) + numbers + special signs
- A password which seems to be a random combination


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