Creating a secure password that you can remember!

[The_KiD]

I recently wrote a little guide for another forum on creating a secure password and thought it would be good for you guys too.

The usual rules to use when creating a password are:

1) Make sure the password is 6 characters long minimum, the longer the password the better.
2) Use uppercase and lowercase letters
3) Use numbers as well as letters
4) Throw some random characters in there too e.g: ( ! " £ $ % ^ & * { } : @ ~ < > )

Passwords using this formula will not only be impossible for someone to guess, but password cracking programs would take days to crack them too.

The problem with this is it can be hard to remember to so a good way to do it think of a word you would use as a password for example:

internet

Now replace some of the letters with numbers:

int3rn3t

Now capitalise some of the letters:

inT3rn3T

Now if possible replace some of the letters with characters:

!nT3rn3T

or just stick some characters in the appropriate places:

"inT3rn3T"!

and now you have a nice strong password

(p.s. this is not my password )

 

[The_KiD]

Random pass generators are fine, but then you have to remember it.

Where as if I chose my password for over clockers it could be:

!0v3rC10Ck3r5!

and aint no password cracker cracking that any time soon

 

[The_KiD]

Well if you know to always replace E's with 3's and S' with 5's etc, then all your remembering is capital C's and !'s.

 

[The_KiD]

I think basically it comes down to what works best for you.

the guide was merely for creating a "secure" password. Letters only or numbers only is a bad idea as password cracking programs dont take too long to go through those.