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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As a reader of a *lot* of science fiction in my
youth I favour</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the names of characters in stories.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If necessary I can put a bookmark in the relevant
book.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the subject of dictionary words: how about
"sulphur"?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Should stop an American dictionary in it's
tracks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 26, 2013 6:53
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Klug-general] password
testing/cracking</DIV>
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<DIV>My 2c<BR><BR></DIV>When it comes to easy to remember passwords I always
suggest interleaving two words easy to remember.
e.g.<BR></DIV>mum<BR></DIV>dad<BR>=<BR></DIV>mduamd<BR><BR></DIV>You can write
the words down and as long as people don't know the "secret" then it's
safe.<BR></DIV>You can also do change letters to numbers. Again, no need to
write that down.<BR><BR></DIV>This guy has written LOTs on the subject, here
is one: <A
href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/01/choosing_secure.html">https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/01/choosing_secure.html</A><BR></DIV>If
you are interested in security, his blog is probably the best place to start
gaining knowledge, ideas and understanding.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 26 March 2013 11:54, Colin McCarthy <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:binarysignal@gmail.com"
target=_blank>binarysignal@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=im>On 26 March 2013 05:53, Dan Attwood <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:danattwood@gmail.com"
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<DIV dir=ltr><A href="https://xkcd.com/936/"
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<DIV>I use a combination of words like this system. It's surprisingly easy
to remember a 16+ character password that way.</DIV>
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<DIV>This article although incredible long is extremely interesting on the
subject of passwords <A
href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/ff-mat-honan-password-hacker/all/"
target=_blank>http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/ff-mat-honan-password-hacker/all/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>It does not matter now long your password is if it's still easy to
trick a machine or Apple agent into resetting your account.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 26 March 2013 09:42, james morris <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:jwm.art.net@gmail.com"
target=_blank>jwm.art.net@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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26 March 2013 07:07, Gary Yeames-Smith <<A
href="mailto:gary@hotel-media.tv"
target=_blank>gary@hotel-media.tv</A>> wrote:<BR>> Another method
for password creation is to create a long memorable sentence<BR>> and
then take the 1st letter of each word. This results in a easy to<BR>>
remember password which looks completely random to other
people.<BR><BR>Why not use the memorable sentence itself? You've still
got the first<BR>letter of each word, but as additional work, all the
rest of them too<BR>;-)<BR><BR>Which is what I wanted to investigate but
I've got a bit stuck as I<BR>haven't yet managed to crack such blinders
as 'crackmenow'.<BR><BR>And as far as memorable sentence creation goes,
I'd take a leaf out of<BR>William S Burroughs' book, and how memorable
sentences are constructed<BR>by the holders of record-breaking memory
feats. Suggest seemingly<BR>nonsense sentences which have some sort of
private/internal<BR>logic/association too it to the user who came up
with it.<BR><BR>Which will still be far too much for my parents to cope
with.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Kent
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