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Bad
passwords are:
 | Names
of any of your family.
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| Any word which appears in a dictionary
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| Common first names, your surname, names of pets
and literary characters
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| Your userid or car registration number
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| Any dictionary word slightly modified (e.g. by
adding a number to the end, or changing I to 1)
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| Simple sequences such as QWERTY, LETMEIN, the name
of your department or group, or an obvious name spelt backwards
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Guidelines
for good password
| Have both uppercase and lowercase letters
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| Have digits and/or punctuation characters as well
as letters
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| Are easy to remember, so that they do not have to
be written down
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| Are eight characters long
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| Can be typed quickly, so somebody cannot follow
what you type by looking over your shoulder
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| Two recommended techniques for choosing passwords
which are hard to crack but possible to remember are:
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| Choose
a short sentence or phrase which makes sense to you (but is not a common
saying or proverb), use its initial letters and then insert a number or
punctuation in the string, like Not5fsw (None Of This Fancy Stuff Works)
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| Take
two or more short, unrelated words and put them together, inserting a
number or punctuation at some point, like robot4My or Eye-coN
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Having
chosen your password, keep it safe - preferably in your head only. Never store
it in text form on any computer system, and never leave a handwritten copy lying
about; do not give your password to other people however trustworthy you believe
them to be. We will never ask
you to change your password to a particular word.
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