Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Passwords Message-ID: <271@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Jun-83 20:52:00 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.271 Posted: Fri Jun 17 20:52:00 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jun-83 16:17:46 EDT Lines: 15 Ok, yes, now that you mention it, I do recall something I read on choosing passwords. I've changed mine so that no dictionary search, nor any friends-or-relatives-names search, will crack it. I think I like Alan S. Watt's method of taking a favorite phrase and using the first (or whatever) letter of each word. Easy to remember, and usually nonsensical without knowing the phrase. Perhaps it's also a good idea to change one character in a bizarre way (use the numeric value or something) so that no phrase-testing program will break it? - Chris -- UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris.umcp-cs@UDel-Relay