Agreed.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forrest Christian (List Account)" <[email protected]> To: "af" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 6:42:44 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT I screwed myself Lastpass On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Josh Luthman < [email protected] > wrote: Keepass Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On May 25, 2016 6:18 PM, "Joshaven Mailing Lists" < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> Try making it longer rather than strange. Make your password long not cryptic. For good measure to pass stupid password tests put in a capital and number but that doesn’t make it harder to crack. They are still going try every combination including those characters just in case. b7^w3@ ( 400 ms ) P@s5wor! ( 9 hours ) P@ssw0rd ( Still 9 hours ) thisisalongbutsimplepassword ( 3 SEXTILLION YEARS ) cottoncandyman ( 51 Years ) https://howsecureismypassword.net/ See if he can crack something long but easy for you to type Sincerely, Joshaven Potter Google Hangouts: [email protected] Cell & SMS: 1-517-607-9370 [email protected] <blockquote> On May 25, 2016, at 4:36 PM, Chuck McCown < [email protected] > wrote: My oldest son is a computer security specialist / forensic guy. He was telling my my super complicated password was not so secure. He cracked it pretty easy. He suggested I add an alt code. So I did. Now, neither one of us can open the file. Guess alt codes in passwords for some Office products cause big problems. Arrgh..... </blockquote> </blockquote> -- Forrest Christian CEO , PacketFlux Technologies, Inc. Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com
