Quoting Dirk Laurie ([email protected]): > The system administrator at Stellenbosch University has enforced > new rules for passwords: > 1. It must contain a member from at least three of the classes > (a) upper and (b) lower case letters, (c) special characters, > (d) digits. > 2. It may contain spaces. > 3. It must be between 8 and 32 symbols long. > 4. You may not re-use your last ten passwords. > 5. You must change it at most every 90 days. > > How on earth will I remember such a string of nonsense passwords?
Another possibility is to take a song you like, or some verses, or a
proverb, or a quotation you like and remember. Take the first letter of
every word, include the punctuation, and perhaps change capitalization.
Perhaps it even includes something that can be turned to a digit without
breaking mnemonics. That makes for passwords that at least are not too easy
to break -- at least as long as no one knows where to look for the lyrics
you used. As with the PMX encoding...
There's no kind of man-made security that cannot be broken by others!
Susan
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