Comments on: How safe is your password? http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/how-safe-is-your-password News, tips and updates from the GetSafeOnline.org team Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:36:17 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: joe http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/how-safe-is-your-password/comment-page-1#comment-210419 joe Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:17:24 +0000 http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/?p=64#comment-210419 Hello, It tested “Rm8!32q%” again today on microsoft website, and it's rated as "Strong". Hello,

It tested “Rm8!32q%” again today on microsoft website, and it’s rated as “Strong”.

]]> By: Nick Staib http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/how-safe-is-your-password/comment-page-1#comment-1568 Nick Staib Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:14:56 +0000 http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/?p=64#comment-1568 Microsoft Password Checker favours mixed case and alpha-numeric characters - but applies a premium to 8 or more characters. It therefore rates the guessable "Password1" as Strong, whilst the obscurer, but only marginally shorter, "Rm8!32q%" is considered Weak. The trick it seems is to create a password that is easy to remember, but very hard to guess... Microsoft Password Checker favours mixed case and alpha-numeric characters – but applies a premium to 8 or more characters.

It therefore rates the guessable “Password1″ as Strong, whilst the obscurer, but only marginally shorter, “Rm8!32q%” is considered Weak.

The trick it seems is to create a password that is easy to remember, but very hard to guess…

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