Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:00:21 +1000 (EST) From: "Tim Clewlow" <tim@clewlow.org> To: "Jelte Jansen" <jelte@NLnetLabs.nl> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, anthony.rasat@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: 2d password Message-ID: <ce64b76616a7545de0fc6396337c47fd.squirrel@192.168.1.100> In-Reply-To: <49EC305D.4010202@NLnetLabs.nl> References: <754723275-1240208442-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1046132361-@bxe1006.bisx.prodap.on.blackberry> <49EC305D.4010202@NLnetLabs.nl>
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> Anthony M. Rasat wrote: >> Kỳ Anh, Huỳnh wrote: >>> I've just found a quite good way: use 2-d moving on the keyboard. >> >> Do you know that many people has following password? >> > > Correct me if i'm wrong, for i'm not really up-to-date on password > cracking > algorithms, but i think that keyboard patterns are amongst the thing > cracking > tools try before switching to brute force, so in that sense this > wouldn't make a > very strong password. > > Jelte I prefer to use mnemonics / ancronyms derived from a phrase, then add some numbers at the end as salt, eg, the phrase "The code that never executes at all is the fastest." would become "tctneaaitf123" - ie, I take the first letter of each word in the phrase, then add 123 at the end. Or you could use the 2nd or 3rd letters (skipping a word if it does not have that many letters) - the point is there are other ways to create relatively easily remembered passwords. Cheers, Tim. -- The code that never executes at all is the fastest.
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