Re: Absurd password (rant)

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:32:58 +0000, Nick Spalding <spalding@xxxxxx>
wrote:

Oleg Lego wrote, in <nutmv2p31hknch63o9fpcchpbl1no63jsl@xxxxxxx>
on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:13:15 -0600:


I end up with thing like "hot-paTootie", "Squirrel cakes",
"Margin^cackle", and the like. If I don't make them easy to remember,
I have to write them down, and if I have to write them down, I may as
well just use my first name.

For run-of-the-mill passwords I use the last six digits of the number the
Army gave me in 1955 or all eight if that much is required. For some
things I use the one from the Identity Card I got in 1939 which was still
my Id with the NHS when I left the UK in 1963. Four letters and four
digits.

When I needed to change passwords frequently at work, I'd use words or
names (such as working alphabetically down a list of my colleagues'
names), replacing each letter i with numerical 1, letter e with
numerical 3, o with 0, and s with 5. With a list, it's easy to keep
track, since it's not obvious that a check against a colleague's name
translates to a password.

--

Katy Jennison

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