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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Strong Password Tips

I wanted to share some tips on passwords and have you take a look at a new way of creating "pass phrases" to help keep you and your data safer. The real variable that prevents any password from being hacked is timing.

Using a passphrase buys you that time and safety. My short and sweet recommendation is to think of a sentence "the red dog",capitalize the first letter, remove the spaces, add in a number or significant date, even add a symbol and presto you are set "Theredd*g2007". It's that easy to bring your passwords up to a passphrase.

For more information on this topic from our friends a Microsoft - Click Here.