On 5/14/2011 4:49 PM, Greg R wrote: > On Sat, 14 May 2011 19:44:42 -0400, Tracy Reed<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 06:25:54PM -0500, Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng. spake >> thusly: >>> Manager commented the other day, that its interesting that most of root >>> password prefixes are about people leaving us. Found a server that >>> wasn't in >> What do you mean by "root password prefix"? >> > I ran into something like this before. The password is an acronym with > substitutions: > > "Fred is no longer working here April 9th" = F1NLw#49 > > A useful way of generating secure-looking passwords that have to be > memorized by a bunch of people. I suspect the prefixes mentioned are > similar. > That's pretty much the basis I use. Enables me to easily generate both memorable and secure passwords. In one job I had 15 root passwords that were changed every month or two. It was relatively trivial to memorise them when they're based on current events. e.g. one receptionist got jiggy with a salesman in the showers. Oh the scandal. Tinwtwsr4! (That is not what the work showers are for! it wasn't that exactly but something along those lines..)
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