Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:8025 comp.misc:2739 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!vsi1!daver!mfgfoc!exodus From: exodus@mfgfoc.UUCP (Greg Onufer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.misc Subject: Re: Password choices Message-ID: <377@mfgfoc.UUCP> Date: 7 Jul 88 18:58:21 GMT References: <1339@daisy.UUCP> Organization: FOCUS Semiconductor Sys., Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 23 And aside from the password choices listed, also commonly used are keyboard patterns: qwerty, asdfg, etc. Please: DO NOT USE WORDS FOUND IN THE UNIX SYSTEM DICTIONARY. FOR THAT MATTER, PLEASE DO NOT USE REAL WORDS AS FOUND IN ANY DICTIONARY. I HAVE FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF A USER AT OUR SITE WHO MAILED OUR PASSWORD FILE TO A FRIEND, AND, WITHIN A WEEK, RECEIVED A LIST OF ALL THE PASSWORDS THAT WERE REASONABLE!!!! Commosense helps: use at least one digit, mix upper and lower case if your system allows you to. A digit in the middle of the word will effectively foul up any brute force dictionary-type search. Disclaimer: I disclaim. --Greg -- Greg Onufer GEnie: G.ONUFER University of the Pacific UUCP: -= Focus Semiconductor =- exodus@mfgfoc ...!sun!daver!mfgfoc!exodus (and postmaster/exodus@uop.edu) AT&T: 415-965-0604 USMAIL: #901 1929 Crisanto Ave, Mtn View, CA 94040