I use a program here called pwgen to generate 20+ character strings that have numbers, letters and symbols. These can be very strong. Also, in order for someone to check all possible variations on a 20 character password would take more than the available lifespan of the planet thus far.
-eric On Jul 29, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > The problem with changing your password so often, even if you use a mnemonic, > as I do, to remember several different passwords, is it there are so many of > them. Also, there are several variations within the Numonics paradigm which > can lead you to strike out on login sites that don't allow you more than two > or three attempts. In this case, I was contention that the Gmail password > site indicated that it was a strong level of security. > > Be well. > > Sent from my iPhone > Messengers and Skype: BurningHawk1969 > My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markburninghawk.baxter > > > On Jul 29, 2013, at 6:23 PM, eric oyen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> so far, I haven't seen any problems. I use both mail.app here on the macbook >> as well as iOS mail on the iPhone. I manage 2 gmail accounts on there and a >> yahoo account as well. >> >> For good security, it is recommended to change the password about once per >> month (for the truly paranoid, once per week is the norm). doing this often >> insures that your information is secure (at least for the time being). Most >> people don't like going to this extreme because it requires they memorize a >> new password. In the 9 years I have been using gmail, I have been hacked >> precisely once. Never again after that. Again, this is all dependent on what >> level of security you are comfortable with. >> >> -eric >> >> On Jul 29, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: >> >>> This message serves partially as a test of my iPhone and Gmail, having gone >>> through the rigmarole of changing passwords. It also is a chance for me to >>> ask whether anyone else's observing problems with Gmail? >>> >>> Be well. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> Messengers and Skype: BurningHawk1969 >>> My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net >>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markburninghawk.baxter >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
