[Gllug] Random password generation
robin.c.smith at bt.com
robin.c.smith at bt.com
Tue Sep 11 09:53:47 UTC 2001
My passwords use the initial letter of a phrase e.g. I used to have (
several years ago ) pm1ar5p which stood for:-
P..... M..... 1s a really 5tupid person
P.... M.... was the name of someone who worked with me!
You might choose bg10td5 ( bill gates 1s 0n the dark 5ide ) etc, really easy
to remember but fairly hard to crack.
Robin
-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon Joly [mailto:gordon.joly at pobox.com]
Sent: 11 September 2001 10:44
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Random password generation
>FWIR of using crack, it doesnt just go thru a dictionary of words, it
>takes each word in turn and applies transpositions and substitutions. so
>letters get moved arround, upper and lower casing is applied, aswell as
>swapping o's for 0's, i's for 1's etc etc.
>
>
I often wondered about that.
So, I might use "g0rd0" and feel safe? No... not at all.
Best suggestion is to form a sentence and "inherit" a password?
:-)
Gordo
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