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Password security
There is a discussion at www.sevenforums.com/system-security/179818-w-7-security.html about safe (strong) passwords but the thread is marked as solved. So I post my reply I wanted to give in a new thread here.
All these rules for composing safe passwords are rather bothersome. The whole problem of a safe password can be solved in an easier way than composing one yourself by sticking to a whole set of rules, then obtaining its safety rating with one of the many password testers and possibly having to compose a safer password if the first one was miserable. And one thing about those password testers. Very often different testers give different safety ratings for the same password. So then what? It's all a bit too much in practice.
An easier way is to get a password online (don't frown) from Gibson Research Corp at **Home of Gibson Research Corporation**. Click on "Services" when you have downloaded their site and have a look at the sub-sections referring to passwords. Read it. Everything is secure and it is a very reputable company. One of the sub-sections referring to passwords generates a unique password just once for you and never again. 64 Characters but you can take a string out of that and cut down the length. You can then always test it with one of the password testers, preferably 2 or 3 to see whether or not the safety ratings are the same. It is easy but do some work and read what Gibson is writing about this whole issue. There are also some videos you can watch. Have fun.