[ale] OT: password gripe

[wolf at wolfhalton.info]

I use a book-cipher and a modified caesar-cipher on the term from the
book(s) for most stuff.
This is really simple to remember but creates pretty strong passwords.
like this - you just have to remember who your friends are: 

FTR%I(E$NJDRSER5
Frtr45i89e34nhjdersweR$5

24-char passwords are safe enough from brute-forcing

and one-time semi-random passwords for seldom-used stuff

-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: password gripe
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:25:29 -0500


Ed Cashin wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> ...
>> I always tell people to take a sentence that makes sense to them and use
>> the first character of each word to generate a password.  That's what I
>> do, and it's easy to remember.  I then throw in punctuation and/or
>> numeric substitution where it makes sense:
> 
> Me too, but nobody ever liked my suggestion.  It's a little reassuring to see
> that somebody else likes the idea, but it's even more disturbing that nobody
> I've mentioned the idea to likes it.  It seems easy and effective to me---what's
> not to love!?  ;)

Exactly, I don't get it either.  Just tried to convince a friend of that 
solution, she opted instead for a password that included a city and the 
year she graduated from high school. :(



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