Tuesday, November 6, 2012

How to create a Strong Password

This lead me to explain the method I follow to set a password - A Strong Password indeed by all standards. You must follow the following criteria while creating a Strong Password: 
* The password must be a minimum of 8 characters. 
* The password must have 1 number , 1 special character, 1 Upper Case character. A very simple example that I use to explain my friends and colleages is : P@ssw0rd. It fullfills all the criteria's. The 'a' is replaced by a special character @. The 'P' is of upper case. The 'o' is replaced by the numeral 0. Well, you can now convert your regular password into a Strong Password by following a few changes like the example I have mentioned above for the simple password - P@ssw0rd. 
* Make the first character Upper Case. 
* Change all 'a' in the password to the special character @. 
* Change all 's' in the password to the special character $. 
* Change all 'l' in the password to the special character !. 
* Change all 'o' in the password to the numerical 0. 
* Change all 'i' in the password to the numerical 1.

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