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I've been resetting people's 8 character passwords lost due to Post-Vacation-Insomnia for ages, I'd really like to see them expect me to remember a 50 character
by fbcocq 16y ago
I've been resetting people's 8 character passwords lost due to Post-Vacation-Insomnia for ages, I'd really like to see them expect me to remember a 50 character password under stress conditions.
- brettmjohnson 16y agoI have a 12 character password and it is a pain in the ass to type it several times a day. I couldn't imagine using a 50 character password.
- voxxit 16y agoIt is probably just a concatenated string of his credit card number or social security number and random words. I wonder if they are currently trying to crack it using some kind of dictionary brute force mechanism, or if there is some kind of lock out enabled after five tries.
- aidenn0 16y agoIf they have physical access, then there is no effective lock-out mechanism. Presumably they can determine which encryption software is used, and can use the algorithm as many times as they want.
- ataggart 16y agoOne way to have long, but memorable passwords is to construct them using the first letter of each word a rather long, but memorable quote/phrase. E.g., The opening of the Gettysburg Address yields: fsasyaofbfutcannciladttptamwce. And if you forget the exact words, you can always look them up.
- swolchok 16y agoDid you mean: Post-Vacation-Amnesia?
- fbcocq 16y agoYes
- nl 16y agoI'd bet it's a pass phrase. The first few lines of a song converted to 3l33t will give you 50 memorable characters pretty easily.
- 16s 16y agoUse a pass phrase with correct punctuation: "I hate the boarder checks that my home country makes me go through each time I return from Europe!"
- newman314 16y ago"border" not "boarder" unless that was deliberate....