No, scratch that. I AM computer savvy, if you go by the number of calls that start with "I've just been on my computer and..." And quite often here, or on various CHD Lists, I can be found banging on about computer security, software, and so on and so on.
So, this morning, going through the blogs I read, I came across Robert Gale's A Welsh View. He'd linked to a site that "rates" your password, telling you how long it'd take to crack. The password of his he used ranked in at 154 Nonillion Years. That's 154+ FIFTY FOUR zeros.
Now, I DO tend to use the same two passwords for my security. The sites I'm not really worried about, I use what I consider a "weak" password, but my proper passwords I use a strong one. Letters, numbers...
So, I put in my strong password for it to check, and... well...
Robert Gales Password "IN YEARS):
My Password (IN DAYS)
SOMETHING tells me I need to rework my password.
Anyways, the site you want to visit is the How Secure Is My Password site, and see how you rank :D
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In case you are interested it's 30 digits plus 1 letter and I can remember it all.
ReplyDeleteI think it may take longer than 154 nonillion years too. The box wouldn't allow all of my password.
Wow, then hats off even further :D I struggle to remember my own phone number - and I still don't know my mobile number after a year!
ReplyDeleteLet's just hope you never have to log in during an earthquake ;)
Ahhh most of the sites I want to use a strong password with are character restricted to 8 or 12 characters so I know mine will never be that good.
ReplyDeleteYet somehow I just couldn't bring myself to type my password just in case it was a dodgy site *laughs*
Paranoia is probably the majority of my security :)
I don't trust the site to put my password into it, but in all honesty I know my one and only password, the same one I used for everything is probably really crap, but I dare not change it as the one and only time I have ever tried to change my password, I forgot what it was and managed to lock myself out of my own email account, Doh!!!
ReplyDeletelol, mine was only 15 thousand years :o( I feel cheated lol.... my 'normal' password was only 3 days tho lol...
ReplyDeleteIf it takes longer than 10 years I would be happy as I change it more often than that lol..
Although 15 thousand years, I would never have to change it as I would be dead and burried by the time they work it out...
About 25 billion years for mine........ guess I'm safe hehe
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