The following guidelines are offered to help provide better password security.
1. Use complex passwords which:
- do not contain all or any part of the user's account name
- are more than 8 characters long
- contain characters of at least THREE of these four categories:
- English uppercase letters (A through Z)
- English lowercase letters (a through z)
- Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
- permitted punctuation such as ! $ # % @ ^ & * ( ) ? . ,
Complex passwords are more resistant to a dictionary attack, where an unauthorized
user attempts to crack a password by sending a series of commonly used names and words.
2. Do not write down passwords in an unsecured location.
3. Change your password periodically. (Every 30-60 days).
Complex passwords can be easy to remember. Similar to some of the interesting
license plates, easy examples are:
2dAyI$thedaY .........(today is the day)
Brn2RunFa$t ...........(born to run fast)
XqqsME2! ..............(excuse me too !)
H20uUP2? ...............(what are you up to?)
L00ny2nzz! ..............( looney tunes)
