I would stay away from using ALT+### characters in passwords. Some terminals will map these differently, and you may find yourself unable to log in to your account.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Sj�gren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Josh Glover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 7:16 PM Subject: Re: Password generators > On Wednesday 26 June 2002 18:26, Josh Glover wrote: > > > Urg. A lot of password crackers use "standard 1337" translations of > > dictionary words, anyway. So, while 84dd455mu7h4 might be a slightly > > better password than the same thing in standard English, it is not > > what I would call a good password. > > Use passphrases instead of passwords. > "I don't just read the comics in the newspaper" would result in the > Idjrtcitn > passphrase, add a leet touch to it and the result would be: > 1djr7c17n > Now turn some of the numbers into symbols. > !djr/c17n > If you want, feel free to add an alt-symbol to it. > > /Thomas > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.northernsecurity.net > PGP: 4315 81B3 9E7F DC00 63DC F1D8 1326 651B AADE 91FC > > "You got zero privacy anyway." > -Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems >
