[gentoo-user] Re: Coming up with a password that is very strong.

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Dale wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> <<< SNIP >>>
>
> How do you, especially those who admin systems that are always being
> hacked at, generate strong passwords that meet the above?  I've googled
> and found some ideas but if I use the same method, well, how many others
> are using that same method, if you know what I mean.  ;-)  Just looking
> for ideas. 
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-) 
>
> P. S.  I haven't had time to deal with the video thing in previous
> thread.  It's on my todo list still.  :-( 
>


I read the replies and got some ideas.  I don't have any favorite songs
or sayings so that wouldn't work with me.  I'm weird, as some know but
might not say it.  ROFL  I did come up with some things tho based on
replies.  I then googled for some password checker sites, found three or
so, and checked to see what they think about my password.  Here is some
results:


It would take a computer about 34 thousand years to crack your password

Medium size botnet About 143 billion years or Standard Desktop PC About
143 quadrillion years

Time to crack your password:  17 centuries or Review: Fantastic, using
that password makes you as secure as Fort Knox.


I'm not sure if one can convert that to NSA time or not.  o_O  The
password contains upper/lower case letters, couple symbols from up top
of the number keys and several numbers.  None of which anyone would be
able to guess in any way.  They have nothing to do with that list of
things not to use, birthdays etc.  If a person was trying to just guess
it, even a best friend who knows me extremely well, they would not be
able to guess it much less the order of it.  The only bad thing, it
isn't to easy to type.  Of course, a really good password usually isn't
so . . .

I'm going to practice typing that thing in a bit to see if I get the
hang of it.  Maybe it will grow on me or I can come up with a change
that makes it easier to type. 

Thanks to all for the suggestions.  It did help.  Some were sort of
funny but they would make a good password easy to remember.

Dale

:-)  :-)