TIPS and TRICKS for Strong Passwords
A
password is a secret string combination of characters, numbers, and special
characters which proves the authenticity of any user at the time of login. A
password is associated with the username. It has to be strong and
non-guessable. According to studies, these many percentages of users are still
using very weak passwords which are either guessable or easily breakable by any
kind of dictionary attack available online. Password cracking is an important
part of CEH Training and Penetration Testing.
We
have the tendency to make passwords which consist information related to us
like birthdays, name etc so that it could be easily remembered. Easier the
password is the more easily it can be cracked.
A
weak password takes a few minutes to get cracked where as a strong one is very
hard sometimes may take years and years depending upon the capacity of the
system.
A strong password …
• It has to be at least 8 characters in
length.
• It should contain at least one uppercase
and one lowercase character.
• It should have at least one special
character e.g.$, #, _,] etc.
• It must contain one number as well.
•
It should not contain personal
information which is guessable by hackers.
For Example
In
the Mother’s House could be !nTm0M$h6
Passwords
are stored in the form of hashes in databases. A hacker has to crack those
hashes with various algorithms. Once these hashes are cracked these passwords
will be stored in the dictionary which is publicly available It is advisable
that do not share your password with anyone and avoid typing your passwords on
public computers. Do not write your password anywhere and change it in every
three to six months.
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