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Finally the teaching of users to choose good passwords and giving negative feedback if not is essentially on that topic.
Finally the teaching of users to choose good passwords and giving negative feedback if not is essentially on that topic.
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''' ''Conditions for creating good passwords:'' '''
''' ''Conditions for creating good passwords:'' '''
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'''Never use:'''
'''Never use:'''


- Computer name, account name, hostnames
- Computer name, account name, hostnames<br>
- Any names.
- Any names.<br>
- The license number of your car
- The license number of your car<br>
- Telefon numbers
- Telefon numbers<br>
- Birthdays
- Birthdays<br>
- Words, which are in any dictionaries
- Words, which are in any dictionaries<br>
- Simple charakter combination ... abcd, 1234,
- Simple charakter combination ... abcd, 1234<br>
- Keyboard patterns ... qwertz
- Keyboard patterns ... qwertz<br>
- All of the variations above reversly
- All of the variations above reversly<br>
- NCC-1701D is not a good choice
- NCC-1701D is not a good choice<br>
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'''Use instead:'''
'''Use instead:'''
- At least 8 signs
- At least 8 signs<br>
- Letters (small and big) + numbers + special signs
- Letters (small and big) + numbers + special signs<br>
- A password which seems to be a random combination
- A password which seems to be a random combination<br>


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Revision as of 21:32, 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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