Is Your Password Strong Enough?
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If you’re like me, you probably have dozens of different passwords. We all know that in order to protect ourselves online, we must have strong passwords. How do you know, though, if your passwords are strong enough?
Head over to The Password Meter. This is a free service that will check your password for you and report back to whether your password is weak or strong. The Password Meter checks for minimum requirements of at least eight characters, and at least 3 out of the following 4:
- Uppercase Letters
- Lowercase Letters
- Numbers
- Symbols
It measures your password by several factors:
- Number of Characters
- Uppercase Letters
- Lowercase Letters
- Numbers
- Symbols
- Middle Numbers or Symbols
- Requirements
At the same time, “points” will be deducted for things like having letters or numbers only, repeating characters, and sequential and consecutive characters. This is an excellent test, and I highly suggest you check every one of your passwords using this. Also, when you’re ready to set a new password for something, why not run it through this test prior to using it? It only takes a few seconds. Isn’t your peace of mind worth those seconds?
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12 Comments
George
July 25th, 2008
at 3:44am
OOh great it told me I wasn’t very secure…. Makes me feel so much better….
Xorg Boren
July 25th, 2008
at 4:04am
Nice one! Just make your password public so that you are under a comfort feel that its strong.
Next you know, it will be put into some dictionary for standard dictionary based attacks.
erillanos
July 25th, 2008
at 2:58pm
This helped out allot
because it turns out my
old pasword was waek
now i have a strong password
thx for the site
Whenhen
July 25th, 2008
at 5:07pm
This site is not that effective because simply typing in my birthday gave a score of 92%. Any person who was intent on trying to figure that information out would probably try something like that first. Also, since a word that may be quick to recall for you but near impossible for anyone else to figure out like hemoglobin gives a score of 6%, it isn’t very accurate.
commputer35
July 25th, 2008
at 5:37pm
they said my pass was weak
david moreen
July 25th, 2008
at 5:48pm
well chris thank you for this site. I have always hade a problem wondering if my password was good enough and would keep my content safe. Now if I have any doubts I will just go to this site and test it out for myself.
Thanks a bunch:David
LegoShark
July 25th, 2008
at 11:26pm
My firend guessed my password… I need to change it. It’s not super obvious, but he does know me…
Just be responsible with the passwords. I can’t say much else.
shaul
July 26th, 2008
at 2:05am
Please add also audio file mp3 to your show.
My portable MP3 player does not accept mp4 format.
thank you
g
July 28th, 2008
at 9:28am
well
password qwerty123456 is a strong one???????????????
Marcus Hamaker
July 29th, 2008
at 11:01am
Good topic. Most of us don’t adhere to the rules when choosing a password. When was the last time you saw a good Unix admin type a password less then 10 character with a couple of symbols in there? Sound advice!
Godstrong
August 1st, 2008
at 7:19pm
I really thought this was useful I tried all my passwords and 2 out of my 5 passwords were weak….so I changed them…..now all 5 of my passwords are all strong…..I forward this video to some of my friends…..I also thought that the SuperGenPass was pretty cool…….just remember “your only as strong as your weakest link”
Kai's blog | Roer.Com Information Security
August 6th, 2008
at 8:02am
being transfered if you see it happening when and where it shouldn’t be. This may be common sense, but use a strong password! Use a mixture of lowercase, uppercase, symbols, and numbers. Make it harder for a hacker to guess to begin with! Readingthis post by Chrismay help. When you’re buying something with PayPal, be sure to check that the site you are on is secure. Do this by checking the url bar. The site should contain “HTTPS”. This will help you determine if the site is fraudulent or not. You can also