Password Difficulties
Hi folks, Saturday July 02 1994 04:00, Kent Borg wrote: KB> Hey folks, passwords are hard to choose! It is indeed a problem. I hear that grady@netcom.com recently posted some useful info on this matter somewhere on UseNet, but I can't find it. I recall having found an interesting article sometime last year, but I lost it. In short, it said that pass phrases and such should be "shocking nonsense". The "shocking" element will help you remember it, and the "nonsense" element will make it difficult for others to guess it. KB> It boils down to this: I can't remember as many bits as the TLAs can KB> crack by brute force. My pass phrase is a couple of words long and contains deliberate misspellings and unusual capitalization. To be able to remember it, I simply use PGP every day, even if there's nothing to sign or decrypt. ;-) I'm a (long time) 2-finger typist but I have no problems with echo off. [rest deleted] CU, Sico.
Sico writes:
It is indeed a problem. I hear that grady@netcom.com recently posted some useful info on this matter somewhere on UseNet, but I can't find it. I recall having found an interesting article sometime last year, but I lost it. In short, it said that pass phrases and such should be "shocking nonsense". The "shocking" element will help you remember it, and the "nonsense" element will make it difficult for others to guess it.
I forwarded this Grady Ward FAQ to the Cypherpunks list last night. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."
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