[Yr7-10it] RE: passwords
Clare, Ian J
Clare.Ian.J at edumail.vic.gov.au
Tue May 12 09:18:47 EST 2009
Just the sort of comment to make Tuesday morning enjoyable. But what was
Ros doing on her computer at 12:36am
Ian Clare
ICT Co-ordinator
Casterton Secondary College
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[mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Ros Meadows
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I don't get all this talk about passwords! Whenever I see someone typing
in their password they just type **********
Cheers
Ros
Kent Beveridge wrote:
A word with a number for me and a few colleagues here...
Kent Beveridge,
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I use a long word, or two words together, with some capitals
interspersed,
and ended with numbers representing the date. That way I know when I
should
make a new one.
Jim
Jim Bunn
Technology Coordinator
Hampton Park Secondary College
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Subject: [Yr7-10it] RE: passwords
Hi all,
According to The Age, the New Scientist magazine recently
advises
that, for your passwords, people should, 'pick two unrelated
words,
and join them with a punctuation mark.' Their example given,
'magpie/towerblock'
They assert such passwords are memorable while also difficult to
guess.
For possible interest and assistance re passwords here are the responses
from our Ed colleagues, across education lists, and, in order of
receipt:
--
For secure passwords I use a pattern on the keyboard. For instance
bhuYGV567 - Just remember where it starts and whether you have caps on
or
not. The computations are endless and difficult for hackers to guess.
Terry
--
I have certain phrases that are easy to remember and i simply use them
as a
mnemonic, taking the first letter from each word... for example "The
Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog" would become "TQBFJOTLD"
Most
passwords should have upper and lower case and numbers, so just find a
phrase that works with that... "The 12 days of Christmas" would become
"T12doC" Car number plates make good passwords too. Chris PS, none of
those passwords above are actually mine, just in case you were wondering
:-)
--
This year I found an algorithm to generate new passwords for our Novell
network. They consisted of four letters that read to create random and
obscure word. I just added two random numbers to the end. This year
nobody
came back to me asking to change the password. The thought of just
making
two words is a splendid suggestion for new users. :-)
The DEECD cases admin system mandates the use of passwords with numbers,
case elements and other cryptic components. Tighter security that users
find
hostile to their memory will suffer from the danger that they will
defeat
the password by secretly recording the password on a location near the
computer. I have seen this done on countless occasions. As one chap
pointed
out, it made as much as much sense as asking him to memorise (Pi) to xxx
places (something I did a long time ago when I had too much time on my
hands) Regards Roland
--
At my school I give every student a password that consists of a three
letter
word, a dash, another three letter word and a number eg rub-won9 I once
typed out 150 three letter words I found from the Internet. I used Excel
to
concatenate the four bits into one password. Cheers David
--
Two completely unrelated words....hmmm....
windows&works
logies+entertainment
richmond-win
NRL<IQ
Yeah - I can see what they're getting at, fiendishly clever. Endless
possibilities. Cameron
--
AHHH, Now I understand ......
Military/intelligence
Common/sense
*giggle*
Colin
--
(and, regarding a reference for the original item/post)
Well, dont have a url, but, it was a one paragraph item in the "Loose
Change' column by one James Lockington, on page 3 of the "Money Talks"
section of the "Money" centre liftout section of The Age, Wed May 6th
2009 edition. I just basically typed up the entire one paragraph item.
Cheers, Stephen
--
Thanks,
Stephen
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