Hello, On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 02:24:33PM +0200, Simon Brandmair wrote: > Package: passwd > Version: 1:4.0.18.1-1 > Severity: wishlist > > The manpage of passwd suggests following method to pick a password: "Your ...
> I would suggest a this method: 'This can be accomplished by picking two
> (longer) words, appending their first three characters together and separating
> each with two special characters or digits. For example, pick "summer" and
> "beach", your password could be "sum%9bea".'
I would support suggesting the method of "first letters". Here you
choose a sentence, like "Debian works on 11 architectures for me" and
use the first letters, e.g. Dwo11afm. You could also include
substitutions like a->@ or 1->l. Then this could become [EMAIL PROTECTED] This
method of defining a password is common security advise.
Greetings
Helge
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