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Dang, I've got password block. The colored screen thingy with the alphabet button board is telling me I need to change my password, and I haven't a thing to type. I've been using '********', and sometimes '************', but really think I should get creative this time. Still, I don't know. Something summery, perhaps? Maybe h4x0r up some combination of obsolete acronyms - yeah - and something that will be easy to forget for the script kiddies. Shouldn't be too hard to poke up on the button board either, in case someone is watching. Suggestions?
How about using a GUID. That is easy to forget for anybody. :laugh:
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How about using a GUID. That is easy to forget for anybody. :laugh:
Good point, thanks - definitely food for thought there... yes indeedy. Now I just need to find one that's easy to poke. Thanks! :)
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Dang, I've got password block. The colored screen thingy with the alphabet button board is telling me I need to change my password, and I haven't a thing to type. I've been using '********', and sometimes '************', but really think I should get creative this time. Still, I don't know. Something summery, perhaps? Maybe h4x0r up some combination of obsolete acronyms - yeah - and something that will be easy to forget for the script kiddies. Shouldn't be too hard to poke up on the button board either, in case someone is watching. Suggestions?
That reminds me of a girl who studied with Smitha and me in college. When someone asked for the computer lab assistant (so they could login to the Oracle server), my friend shouted out aloud that she knew the password and then went and typed in 8 asterisks. Half a dozen of our friends witnessed this, else I would not have believed that it actually happened :-)
Regards, Nish
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That reminds me of a girl who studied with Smitha and me in college. When someone asked for the computer lab assistant (so they could login to the Oracle server), my friend shouted out aloud that she knew the password and then went and typed in 8 asterisks. Half a dozen of our friends witnessed this, else I would not have believed that it actually happened :-)
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkAnd to change your password, type the word DROP in front of it... :-D
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Dang, I've got password block. The colored screen thingy with the alphabet button board is telling me I need to change my password, and I haven't a thing to type. I've been using '********', and sometimes '************', but really think I should get creative this time. Still, I don't know. Something summery, perhaps? Maybe h4x0r up some combination of obsolete acronyms - yeah - and something that will be easy to forget for the script kiddies. Shouldn't be too hard to poke up on the button board either, in case someone is watching. Suggestions?
Tim, I generally use passwords like ****** and ******** and I always try to use mixed case like ******** and ******** to make it more complex. If it's something really important, like a bank account, try using something like ******************** and *************** or **************** substituting letters like 'a' for @ and i or l for 1, etc... But if you just can't come up with a good password, then just go get KeePass[^], and let it generate one for you. Now I have to go change all those passwords. :rolleyes:
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Tim, I generally use passwords like ****** and ******** and I always try to use mixed case like ******** and ******** to make it more complex. If it's something really important, like a bank account, try using something like ******************** and *************** or **************** substituting letters like 'a' for @ and i or l for 1, etc... But if you just can't come up with a good password, then just go get KeePass[^], and let it generate one for you. Now I have to go change all those passwords. :rolleyes:
Thanks, yes, I was thinking I might have to go the ********************* route. Gotta love that KeyPass site:
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Tim, I generally use passwords like ****** and ******** and I always try to use mixed case like ******** and ******** to make it more complex. If it's something really important, like a bank account, try using something like ******************** and *************** or **************** substituting letters like 'a' for @ and i or l for 1, etc... But if you just can't come up with a good password, then just go get KeePass[^], and let it generate one for you. Now I have to go change all those passwords. :rolleyes:
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At work i call the help desk. They always make up creative passwords like Good2GO or G0od2g0 or g00D4n0W or gEt2Work :)
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That reminds me of a girl who studied with Smitha and me in college. When someone asked for the computer lab assistant (so they could login to the Oracle server), my friend shouted out aloud that she knew the password and then went and typed in 8 asterisks. Half a dozen of our friends witnessed this, else I would not have believed that it actually happened :-)
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkThat reminds me of someone I saw in a computer lab in the first year of university. Apparently, to have your program compile without errors, all you need to do is to add /* to the top of the code, and */ at the bottom. Again, if I had not witnessed this for myself, I would not believe it. :sigh:
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steve_smerk wrote:
My work makes me change my freakin' password every month
I have encountered that myself. Usually, such systems remember only a finite number of passwords - sometimes only three, often less than five. So I always start out with the familiar QWERTY, and then ASDFGH followed by ZXCVBN. Next comes POIUYT, LKJHGF, and MNBVCX. Then back to QWERTY.
Best wishes, Hans
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steve_smerk wrote:
My work makes me change my freakin' password every month
I have encountered that myself. Usually, such systems remember only a finite number of passwords - sometimes only three, often less than five. So I always start out with the familiar QWERTY, and then ASDFGH followed by ZXCVBN. Next comes POIUYT, LKJHGF, and MNBVCX. Then back to QWERTY.
Best wishes, Hans
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can you remember the lyrics of your favorite songs? First letter of a series of sequential words will generate a nontrivial password that still should be easy to remember. PS at 6 passwords max you've got it easy. I only have to change every 3mo, but have my last 2 dozen pws stored for an anti-repeat checker, and have to maintain two different passwords at any given time for legal reasons.
-- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer