{"id":324,"date":"2024-01-17T22:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.webhost.pro\/?p=324"},"modified":"2024-01-03T18:44:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T18:44:51","slug":"how-to-create-a-powerful-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webhostpro.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-powerful-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a powerful password"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Creating a strong password is crucial for maintaining your online security and privacy. Here are some tips to help you create a good password:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Length<\/strong>: Aim for a password that’s at least 12 to 16 characters long. The longer the password, the harder it is to crack.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Complexity<\/strong>: Use a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. This makes the password more difficult to guess or crack using brute force methods.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Avoid Common Words and Phrases<\/strong>: Steer clear of easily guessable passwords like “password,” “123456,” or “qwerty.” Also, avoid using easily accessible personal information like your name, birthday, or username.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Use a Passphrase<\/strong>: Consider using a random combination of words or a sentence that you can remember but others wouldn’t guess. For example, “BlueCoffeeRainbow$3!” is better than “Blue123.”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Uniqueness<\/strong>: Each of your accounts should have a different password. If one password is compromised, it shouldn’t give access to your other accounts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Avoid Dictionary Words<\/strong>: Passwords that consist of words found in a dictionary can be vulnerable to dictionary attacks, where attackers try many common words quickly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Change Passwords Regularly<\/strong>: It’s a good practice to change your passwords periodically, especially for sensitive accounts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Use Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) When Available<\/strong>: This adds an extra layer of security. Even if your password is compromised, the attacker would also need the second factor (like a text message code) to access your account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Password Managers<\/strong>: Consider using a password manager. These tools can generate and store complex passwords for you, so you don’t have to remember each one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Be Cautious of Phishing Attempts<\/strong>: No matter how strong your password is, it’s important to be aware of phishing attempts that trick you into giving away your password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Remember, the key to a strong password is its ability to resist being guessed or cracked, while still being memorable enough for you to recall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    So say goodbye to those wimpy, eight-letter passwords. The 12-character era of online security is upon us, according to a report published this week by the Georgia Institute of Technology.<\/p>\nGeorgia Institute of Technology<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    The researchers used clusters of graphics cards to crack eight-character passwords in less than two hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But when the researchers applied that same processing power to 12-character passwords, they found it would take 17,134 years to make them snap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “The length of your password in some cases can dictate the vulnerability,” said Joshua Davis, a research scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It’s hard to say what will happen in the future, but for now, 12-character passwords should be the standard, said Richard Boyd, a senior research scientist who also worked on the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The researchers recommend 12-character passwords — as opposed to those with 11 or, say, 13 characters — because that number strikes a balance between “convenience and security.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    They assumed a sophisticated hacker might be able to try 1 trillion password combinations per second. In that scenario, it takes 180 years to crack an 11-character password, but there’s a big jump when you add just one more character — 17,134 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Passwords have gotten longer over time, and security experts are already recommending that people use full sentences as passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here’s one suggested password-sentence from Carnegie Mellon University:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “No, the capital of Wisconsin isn’t Cheeseopolis!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Or maybe something easier to remember, like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “I have two kids: Jack and Jill.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Even though advances in cheap computing power are making long, complicated passwords a necessity, not all websites will accommodate them, Boyd said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It’s best to use the longest and most complex password a site will allow, he said. For example, if a website will let you create a password with non-letter characters — like “@y;}v%W$5” — then you should do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There are only 26 letters in the English alphabet, but there are 95 letters and symbols on a standard keyboard. More characters means more permutations, and it soon becomes more difficult for a computer to generate the correct password just by guessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Some websites allow for super-long passwords. The longest one Boyd has seen is at Fidelity.com, a financial site that lets users create 32-character passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    On a Microsoft website devoted to password security, the tech giant tells the password-creating public not to use real words or logical combinations of letters. That keeps you safer from a “dictionary attack,” which uses a database of words and common character sequences to try to guess the code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Georgia Tech researchers carried out a “brute force” attack when they determined that passwords should be at least 12 characters long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To do so, they deployed computer graphics cards, which are cheap and can be programmed to do basic computations very quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The processors in those cards run simultaneously, trying to guess all of the possible password combinations. The more characters in a password, the more guesses are required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But if your password has to be really long to keep up with this computational power — and if you’re supposed to have a new password for each website you frequent — then how are you supposed to remember everything?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That’s a real problem, the Georgia Tech researchers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There are a few solutions, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A website called Password Safe will store a list of passwords for you, but Boyd and Davis said it may still be possible for a hacker to obtain that list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Other companies sell tokens that people carry around with them. These keychain-sized devices generate random numbers several times a minute, and users must enter those numbers and a shorter password to log in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Some sites — Google for example — are marketing their log-ins and user names as a way to access sites all over the Web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That’s good for the user but is potentially dangerous because if hackers figure out a single password, they can access multiple banks of information, the researchers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The reason passwords have to keep getting longer is that computers and graphics cards are getting faster, the Georgia Tech researchers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “These things are really inexpensive — just a few hundred dollars — and they have a performance that’s comparable to supercomputers of only just a few years ago,” Boyd said of fast-processing graphics cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Maybe our brains will have to get bigger and faster, too. We’ll need some way to remember these tome-like character strings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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