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Passwords Are Like Underwear

1. Change yours often.
2. Don't leave it lying around.
3. Don't share yours with anyone else.
4. The longer the better.
5. Be mysterious.

From Ed Miller on the Security Basics mailing list.

(another person noted, "sometimes they stink")


Franko

what's underwear?

Franko wrote:1. Change yours often.

You say I should change my password everytime I change my underwear? Password won't be changing for a while

2. Don't leave it lying around.

Not an issue, if I don't take it off I can't leave it lieing around (I was talking about my password there by the way)

3. Don't share yours with anyone else.

May I enquire as to why not?

4. The longer the better.

...righty-o

5. Be mysterious.

Are you saying I should but numbers and extended "characters" in my underwear?

Tim wrote:May I enquire as to why not?

Do you share your underware?

Are you saying I should but numbers and extended "characters" in my underwear?

I think it means not to show it around, no one should see it Could also mean it shouldn't be easy to guess [as in what color ]

Thats what I understood from that quote. I haven't said it.

Tim wrote:Are you saying I should but numbers and extended "characters" in my underwear?

I have a slackpackage in my underwear.

Franko wrote:

Tim wrote:May I enquire as to why not?

Do you share your underware?

Do you really want to know?

Could also mean it shouldn't be easy to guess [as in what color ]

Righty-o

Interesting way to manage your passwords using a cuecat .

http://vtwug.w2k.vt.edu/pdf/cuecat.pdf

If you dont want to view it as a pdf use google to view it as html. Its a kinda old article but an interesting concept I guess.

~c

im too lazy to have many passowrds for all my accounts..

all i do is..

for all email add..this is the pass
for all online commutiy..this is the pass
for misc accounts..this i sthe pass..


sort of like that..and all passwords are related..lol..





nd yes i share my underwear with my brothers. lol...

Let's see, if I changed my password like I change underwear,I'd have alot of passwords one week and not enough the next.

hmm, let me think about that,lol...

Yeah like to put pass word where is case sesitive Ah456FgH78aT861 - and you wanna to remember that one? :-) To keep it in computer or write in notes is not secure :-D

pugrit wrote:im too lazy to have many passowrds for all my accounts..

all i do is..

for all email add..this is the pass
for all online commutiy..this is the pass
for misc accounts..this i sthe pass..


sort of like that..and all passwords are related..lol..





nd yes i share my underwear with my brothers. lol...

Good to know.....