okay, so i know a lot of new people on the internet have stupid passwords like : "backspace1"
let me explain a little bit of the crack side of this so that you can understand why this is a nono.
there are 2 different kinds of cracks. Dictionary and Bruteforce.
dictionary uses normal (properly spelled) words with a number.
it may take about 10 minutes or less to crack that example password using a dictionary attack.
a bruteforce attack will take longer, possibly a couple of hours, just depends on the hardware spec's of the attacker.
but a bruteforce is Thorough.
so the idea in making a password is to DENY dictionary attack, and make the bruteforce take as long as possible.
IMO the best passwords incorporate UNICODE characters into the password (good luck finding a place that lets you enter them)
or even other language characters.
okay so let me help you, with the above understanding on how to make a non-crappy password.
take backspace1
now we're going to change it a bit.
backspace1 -> BACKspace1
slight modification, half of it is in caps
BACKspace1 -> B@CKsp@c#1
changed vowels to specialty cahracters
B@CKsp@c#1 -> B@CKsp@c#1!
this is focusing on the 1, we're doing 1 twice, once with "shift key"
if the number was 12, i would do this as 12!@
the moral is, the more "rules" you create for your rules of password creation, the more complicated it is, the longer it is, the easier it is to remember, and the harder it is to crack.
knowing how to make a password removes chances of your accounts missing, email's hijacked, across anything you do on the net.
let me explain a little bit of the crack side of this so that you can understand why this is a nono.
there are 2 different kinds of cracks. Dictionary and Bruteforce.
dictionary uses normal (properly spelled) words with a number.
it may take about 10 minutes or less to crack that example password using a dictionary attack.
a bruteforce attack will take longer, possibly a couple of hours, just depends on the hardware spec's of the attacker.
but a bruteforce is Thorough.
so the idea in making a password is to DENY dictionary attack, and make the bruteforce take as long as possible.
IMO the best passwords incorporate UNICODE characters into the password (good luck finding a place that lets you enter them)
or even other language characters.
okay so let me help you, with the above understanding on how to make a non-crappy password.
take backspace1
now we're going to change it a bit.
backspace1 -> BACKspace1
slight modification, half of it is in caps
BACKspace1 -> B@CKsp@c#1
changed vowels to specialty cahracters
B@CKsp@c#1 -> B@CKsp@c#1!
this is focusing on the 1, we're doing 1 twice, once with "shift key"
if the number was 12, i would do this as 12!@
the moral is, the more "rules" you create for your rules of password creation, the more complicated it is, the longer it is, the easier it is to remember, and the harder it is to crack.
knowing how to make a password removes chances of your accounts missing, email's hijacked, across anything you do on the net.
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