How to create good passwords

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Rules for good passwords

• Learn them by heart
• Make them easy to remember
• Quick to key in
• Never write them down
• Never store them in any electronic form
• Different on different installations
• Passwords are secret and personal
• Make them at least 7 characters long
• Change them at least every 6 months

Choice of good passwords

• Use a cryptic password simply constructed from UPPERCASE and lowercase letters together with numerals and/or special characters
• Special characters and numerals should always be placed in the middle of the password
• take5cup
• crusH2Ma [toes]
• firE+Log
• geT6Mugs
• usa51Sta [tes]
• rev.GEAR
• eaT14fiS [h]
• STRA-lin [e]
• JOES2ndT [ry]
• Ta61E4le [gs]
• Choose a line from a unknown poem or song etc.
  

Hansen was a drunkard, and so was Bertil	HWad,aswB
All little children Love 18 green cheese	AlcL18gc

A word of warning

In addition to the above guidelines on how to create good passwords, you should avoid using the characters '#' (hash-mark), "@" (at-sign) and non-US-ASCII characters (such as national language characters and accentuated characters). If you do use any of these characters, you might experience problems logging in when using modems and/or terminals with another keyboard layout.

The examples of good passwords are only intended as a guide, and may never be used in practice!