Posted by Leyre August 19, 2009
DONT´s when creating a password
- Never use passwords that can be found in a dictionary. They can be cracked with clever – and even not-so-clever – password hacking programs.
- Never use password containing less than 8-characters long. The shorter the password is, the easier it gets to guess it.
- Never place numbers after the password if the password Word can be found in a dictionary. It is best to insert numbers and special characters in between a word or replace some of the letters by special characters, for example, Charles – Ch@rlE$
This is a little safer. - Your cat’s name is not unique. Leave it alone 😉 Ditto your name, your birthday, your mum’s maiden name or your birthday.
DO´s when creating a strong password
- If you want to have a password which is easy to remember but hard to guess, memorize a sentence. Then, use the initial of each of the words of the sentence as the password. Then add a final point or a special character (!, @, #, $, %, ^, &, *) at the end, followed by two numbers and a capital letter.For example: April is the month of rain – ( Aitmor@05 )
- Always use a password that is between 8-14 characters, minimum 8.
- Combine capital and lower case letters in your password.
- And if you do need to write it down, try not to do it on a piece of paper entitled “Internet Banking Passwords” 🙂
- Change your password every 30 days.
- Make sure the user name and password are different
For more information, check out PandaLab´s blog post on Social networking, Passwords and privacy and watch the following video to quickly review the most important tips!!
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