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A good password is made up of a number of different characteristics. For instance, it should be at least 6 - 8 characters long and should include at least two uppercase letters, lowercase letters and numbers. As you mentioned, it shouldn't be obvious. Definitely do not use your children's names or pet's names. For that matter, it shouldn't even be a real word person, place or thing. Use random characters. The more random the sequence of characters, the more secure the password will be.

An example of a secure password would be something like this: Hgs3@4j55nKX!sl

This password is 15 characters long and contains a combination of numbers, symbols, upper and lowercase letters. Since it's long and random, it will be far tougher for someone to hack.

For workstations on a Windows network, Microsoft has developed official password creation rules. These rules are as follows:

Passwords MUST be at least 6 characters long
Passwords MAY NOT contain your username or any part of your full name
Passwords MUST contain characters from at least three of the four class characteristics, which are listed below.
Classes Characteristics:

English Upper Case
English Lower Case
Numerals
Non-Alphanumeric [Punctuation marks and other symbols]
Remember, having a secure password is meaningless if you write it down and leave it where anybody could find it. However, if you have difficulty remembering a random password, then you can use a common word like "password," for example, but add three of the four class characteristics to it to make it more secure, such as "paSSw0rd." While not as secure as a completely random password, it still meets the outlined criteria, thus making it far more efficient then your kid's name.

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creating a strong pasword is simple

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use capitals in betweeen with one special character like @ $# and use numbers in the password that should make it strong.

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use capitals in betweeen with one special character like @ $# and use numbers in the password that should make it strong.

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use capitals in betweeen with one special character like @ $# and use numbers in the password that should make it strong.

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creating strong password

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gr8 !!!

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mix of small and capital alphabets, digits and special characters

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Use upper case lower case word , numbers, non numerical like$* exmple ravi398#*

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Use upper case lower case word , numbers, non numerical like$* exmple ravi398#*

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an ideal password would be at least 8 letters long, one uppercase letter and some numbers.

People usually use numbers that gives great memorable experiences like your wedding year

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Very nice information...thanks a lot...is ther any password manager app for android phone

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nice tips

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aWallet password manager and universal password manager are free android apps...maybe you should give ita a try...!!

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SIMLPE USE LETTERS,NUMERICALS ,SYMBOLS IN A PASSWORD

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SIMLPE USE LETTERS,NUMERICALS ,SYMBOLS IN A PASSWORD

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SIMLPE USE LETTERS,NUMERICALS ,SYMBOLS IN A PASSWORD

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A password of 12 character length with combination of Small, Capital, Number, Special Character should be enough strong.

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make use of punctuation marks

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make your password a combination of words that you can easily remember

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Help yourself remember your strong password by following these tips:
1]Create an acronym from an easy-to-remember piece of information. ...
2]Substitute numbers, symbols, and misspellings for letters or words in an easy-to-remember phrase. ...
3]Relate your password to a favorite hobby or sport.

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To prevent your passwords from being hacked by social engineering, brute force or dictionary attack method, you should notice that:
1. Do not use the same password for multiple important accounts.
2. Use a password that has at least 15 characters, use at least one number, one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter and one special symbol.
3. Do not use the names of your families, friends or pets in your passwords.
4. Do not use postcodes, house numbers, phone numbers, birthdates, ID card numbers, social security numbers, and so on in your passwords.
5. Do not use any dictionary word in your passwords.
6. Do not let your Web browsers[ FireFox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, IE ] store your passwords, since all passwords saved in Web browsers can be revealed easily.
7. Do not log in to important accounts on the computers of others, or when connected to a public Wi-Fi hotspot, Tor, free VPN or web proxy.

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good tips.. thanks!!

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a drug with its t-half or its side effect .........

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Example:

ADvertisemenT9876

Enough!

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According to the traditional advice � which is
still good � a strong password is:
Has 12 Characters, Minimum : You need
to choose a password that�s long enough.
There�s no minimum password length
everyone agrees on, but you should
generally go for passwords that are a
minimum of 12 to 14 characters in length.
A longer password would be even better.
Includes Numbers, Symbols, Capital
Letters, and Lower-Case Letters: Use a
mix of different types of characters to
make the password harder to crack.
Isn�t a Dictionary Word or Combination of
Dictionary Words: Stay away from obvious
dictionary words and combinations of
dictionary words. Any word on its own is
bad. Any combination of a few words,
especially if they�re obvious, is also bad.
For example, �house� is a terrible
password. �Red house� is also very bad.
Doesn�t Rely on Obvious Substitutions:
Don�t use common substitutions, either �
for example, �H0use� isn�t strong just
because you�ve replaced an o with a 0.
That�s just obvious.
Try to mix it up � for example, �BigHouse$123″
fits many of the requirements here. It�s 12
characters and includes upper-case letters,
lower-case letters, a symbol, and some numbers.
But it�s fairly obvious � it�s a dictionary phrase
where each word is capitalized properly. There�s
only a single symbol, all the numbers are at the
end, and they�re in an easy order to guess.

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heres a good idea 4 da password...
use ur dream seat n rank as ur password...
u'll b motivated each time u login

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heres a good idea 4 da password...
use ur dream seat n rank as ur password...
u'll b motivated each time u login

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not ur birth date or ur mobile phone number
mix of letters & numbers

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It's simple take a hard disease name or a body part.... Most of the phone even after watching it won't b able to recognise what u type.... It helps being a medico

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for strong password; type ur name and mobile no. in reverse order of letters and digits

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Thanks

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Create a unique password that's unrelated to your personal information and uses a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols.
For example, you can select a random word or phrase and insert letters and numbers into the beginning, middle, and end to make it extra difficult to guess [such as "sPo0kyh@ll0w3En"].

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best way for a strong password is it should at least be 8 characters long
it should include alphanumerical as well as symbols in it.
try not to keep DOB or other common information which is of public knowledge as your password
try to think of something unique
make sure that your password is something you can remember easily or wont forget easily
try not to write down your password where it is accessible to other people.
don't use common passwords such as abcde.... as your password
there are innumerable ways to strengthen your password and this post can keep continuing for a long time but i will take my leave here.

feel free to add your comments

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A good password is numbers + letters [+ some of them capital n some of them small case] + any one or two sign like dollar, $@&*%!# etc
Here at rxpg best way is keep the desired rank u want plus desired seat u want plus what percentage u want n how many dollars[rs] u wanna make after pg .ull remember it always n u will be motivated each time u put ur passwor at rxpg...ao that u wud be strictly study oriented n not getting timenpass in online portals

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For e.g. rank1MDRadio90%�$

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Best way is to create password in three parts
1st part is the base password which would be a combination of numbers and letters of your choice
second part would be any special character
third part would contain letters of the site on which you are going to use it

this way the password will be unique for each site an strong enough and still you dont land up forgetting them

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Use alphabets both upper and lowercase and numbers as we do for net banking

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strong pwd

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Password Management - Password Creation and Maintenance



Enter your User Name and Password only in the space provided for- that you are normally used to.


Any changes from normal make sure there is no attempt to steal your personal information before providing it.


Do not provide User Name and Password on any page popping up by clicking on a hyperlink received through email.


Better practice would be to log into the service by typing in the URL in the address bar after making sure the page opening up is from the genuine service provider.



Do not store passwords in a file on ANY computer system [including Palm Pilots or similar devices] without encryption.
Change passwords at least once every 90 [ninety] days.



Unique Characters: An acceptable password must have at least five [5] different characters. Repeated characters can make for palindromes and make it easier to crack.



Character Types: An acceptable password must have characters from at least three [3] different character types -- upper case, lower case, digits, punctuation, etc.

A password that includes a sample from a rich character set is difficult to crack.



Long Alpha Sequences: An acceptable password must not have an alphabetic sequence any longer than three [3] characters.





Long Digit Sequences: An acceptable password must not have a digit sequence any longer than two [2] characters.



Forbidden Characters: There are a few characters that will cause problems if used in a password - the "delete" character is one of the obvious ones.



Writing down your password: One should never write down a password. Someone may discover the password. Make the password difficult for others to guess or crack but easy for you to memorise and remember.



Passwords should not be any of the following:

Dictionary words [including foreign and technical dictionaries]

Name of a person or a thing, a place, a proper noun, a phone number or a vehicle number

Simple pattern of letters on keyboards
Any of the above reversed or concatenated






One possible method for picking a good password is to make up your own acronym.



Do not let your computer remember your password. Do not accept auto complete option provided by your computer/ browser.





As far as possible do not use un-trusted system to access sensitive service. If you must, change the password on the first occasion immediately thereafter from a trusted system.


Hope this will help.....

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I am also confused and no idea what to do

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password

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great.thanks.

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Thanks

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use special char like@#$& n combination of capital n small letters

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u need an alphanumeric password for it to be secure.
ie combination of alphabet with numbers or symbols.

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Long password is hard to crack,so keep your password with many latters

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Alphanumeric better..

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Use numbers letters, upper and lower case. Dont use common words

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