Comment Easy way to remember passwords (Score 1) 406
Hi!
I take info about the box, say the hostname is
apple and the owner / sysadmin of the box's name is Peter, I'll use something like
"peter box" or "applebox -> peter" Of course the idea is to use short names so you can throw as many stuff in between the first 8 characters (which is what matters)
I also usually take usefull numbers e.g. my PIN numbers, ID number, Student number, etc. shuffle them and use them as well and I replace some of the letters with obvious stuff, e.g.
"5p0e1t3r" See, I mixed peter with 5013 which comes from my ID number, no I replace the E's with 3's and make the first and last letter capitals. Also if there we're spaces left, I would've added punct's (e.g. ^&*)*(, etc.) It's always easy to remember if you can visualize it and if it's symmetrical e.g.
")**(" or "%%HAHA%% (:"
I find it very useful to always use the info about the box on which the password is and the account as a starting point and I tend to standarize on which way I do substitutions and keep the subset small. That way, I never forget the passwords and even if I do, I can guess it with minimal effort.
Hope this helps...
I take info about the box, say the hostname is
apple and the owner / sysadmin of the box's name is Peter, I'll use something like
"peter box" or "applebox -> peter" Of course the idea is to use short names so you can throw as many stuff in between the first 8 characters (which is what matters)
I also usually take usefull numbers e.g. my PIN numbers, ID number, Student number, etc. shuffle them and use them as well and I replace some of the letters with obvious stuff, e.g.
"5p0e1t3r" See, I mixed peter with 5013 which comes from my ID number, no I replace the E's with 3's and make the first and last letter capitals. Also if there we're spaces left, I would've added punct's (e.g. ^&*)*(, etc.) It's always easy to remember if you can visualize it and if it's symmetrical e.g.
")**(" or "%%HAHA%% (:"
I find it very useful to always use the info about the box on which the password is and the account as a starting point and I tend to standarize on which way I do substitutions and keep the subset small. That way, I never forget the passwords and even if I do, I can guess it with minimal effort.
Hope this helps...
