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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
Thanks to the comic genius of the xkcd folks, we now have a password generator that can create passwords as good as your imagination can make them. I teach my students to remember legal concepts in a similar fashion and found this a very neat idea.
Check out the original comic strip HERE and check out the actual password generator HERE. |
The problem is having 10 different passwords that need to be changed, (mandatory), every six weeks. (Plus 50 different passwords for internet sites). It is impossible to remember all of the passwords, especially the ones that rotate. Three wrong guesses and you're locked out until the help desk employees arrive the next morning. The primary reason for using the first password format is that you only have to remember one password and the current number. (Increment the number by one every password rotation).
For rotating passwords, the first method is much easier to remember. I am much more likely to lose my job if I'm locked out of my account, (very high probability), and can't deal with an "emergency" than if someone hacks my password, (very low probability).
For internet sites I have a password program that generates and stores random passwords so I don't have to remember them; just the password for the program.