Tuesday 25 June 2013

7 WAYS TO KEEP A SAFER PASSWORD

If one wants to protect his information without letting others to access it then comes the need for passwords. When it comes to computers and internet then the need for passwords is quite essential. So how one can remember his password easily and make it impossible for others to figure out. Here I give some tips to keep your password safe.
7 measures for a safe password:

1. Say no to common names, date of births, phone numbers or things easily associated with you.
2 . Avoid using common words or phrases as they could be easily obtained by password cracking software.
3. Use of combination of words and numbers. Here you have to substitute numbers for letters and letters for words.
4.One  shouldn’t write his passwords any where, if there comes any necessity to write your passwords, then write all passwords in a document and encrypt it with a master password.
5. Don’t use keyboard sequence words.
6. Try to keep the passwords minimum of 8-16 characters in length .Longer the password the safer you are.

7. Keep changing your password once in 6 months.

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