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A strong password should be a bare minimum of 8 characters, and use a combination of upper and lower case, numbers, and symbols. Substituting symbols for letters is not advised because brute force attacks include such variations.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoMost sites require you to have at least six letters or more, with at least one number. Some sites may require you to have up to at least eight letters, with at least on being a number.
The strongest passwords though are a mixture of capital and lower case letters as well as numbers. They also should not contain any obviously guessed personal information like your name, pet's names, parts of your address, birthday, etc.
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What makes a stronge password?
a strong password is a password that no one will ever figure out but you! Unusual characters in a password is very strong.A strong password;Should be 10 or more CharactersShould be use upper/lowercase lettersShould not be your friends, family or own name.Should not be a real word
What is the industry standard for password rules?
To be considered as a 'strong password' today, a password must have at least 8 characters. The 8 characters must be a mixture of integers and alphabets.
A strong password has how many characters?
16 characters - made up of a mixture of letters and numbers.
What is a strong password to use.?
A minimum of 8 characters with the use of small letters and in capital with numbers. Do not use the word password, its to easy.
When configuring wireless for home use what should you do?
Use a strong password of at least 16 characters.
What are not acceptable uses for any DoD computer asset except?
A strong password should be how many characters long?
Can you show Me a password?
Any combination of keyboard characters may be a password. The more obscure and longer the character combination is the 'stronger' the password would be.
What is the best defense against a brute force password attack?
Create strong passwords A strong password is an important protection to help you have safer online transactions. Here are steps you can take to create a strong password. Some or all might help protect your online transactions:Length. Make your passwords long with eight or more characters.Complexity. Include letters, punctuation, symbols, and numbers. Use the entire keyboard, not just the letters and characters you use or see most often. The greater the variety of characters in your password, the better. However, password hacking software automatically checks for common letter-to-symbol conversions, such as changing "and" to "&" or "to" to "2."Variation. To keep strong passwords effective, change them often. Set an automatic reminder for yourself to change your passwords on your email, banking, and credit card websites about every three months. If your able to maintain 3 strong passwords or more, that would be perfect as long as your able to remember them all.Variety. Don't use the same password for everything. Cybercriminals steal passwords on websites that have very little security, and then they use that same password and user name in more secure environments, such as banking websites.
What is a weak password characteristic?
Weak password characteristics are:- Short passwords (six characters or less) All letters or all numbers Sequential letters or numbers (eg. 123456 or abcdef) A strong password would be a combination of letters and numbers - of at least eight characters long - such as 1702CLEO11
How do you can the password to your characters password on our world?
tolentinolester
What are the first four characters of a password?
1234 may be the first four characters of a password
Why is the name of your pet not a strong of a password?
It would be easy to guess. A strong password has at least 8 characters including upper and lower case letters and numbers.
