[Yr7-10it] RE: passwords

[Jim Bunn]

I use a long word, or two words together, with some capitals interspersed,
and ended with numbers representing the date. That way I know when I should
make a new one.

Jim


Jim Bunn

Technology Coordinator
Hampton Park Secondary College
8795 9400
CCAI CCNA ITE1

bunn.jim.c at edumail.vic.gov.au 



-----Original Message-----
From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au
[mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of stephen at melbpc.org.au
Sent: Monday, 11 May 2009 10:15 AM
To: oz-teachers at rite.ed.qut.edu.au; oztl_net at listserv.csu.edu.au
Cc: offtopic at edulists.com.au; yr7-10it at edulists.com.au
Subject: [Yr7-10it] RE: passwords 

Hi all,

> According to The Age, the New Scientist magazine recently advises 
> that, for your passwords, people should, 'pick two unrelated words, 
> and join them with a punctuation mark.' Their example given,
'magpie/towerblock'
> They assert such passwords are memorable while also difficult to guess.


For possible interest and assistance re passwords here are the responses
from our Ed colleagues, across education lists, and, in order of receipt:

--

For secure passwords I use a pattern on the keyboard.  For instance
bhuYGV567 - Just remember where it starts and whether you have caps on or
not.  The computations are endless and difficult for hackers to guess.
Terry

--

I have certain phrases that are easy to remember and i simply use them as a
mnemonic, taking the first letter from each word...  for example "The 
Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog" would become "TQBFJOTLD"    Most 
passwords should have upper and lower case and numbers, so just find a
phrase that works with that...  "The 12 days of Christmas" would become
"T12doC"  Car number plates make good passwords too.  Chris PS, none of
those passwords above are actually mine, just in case you were wondering
:-)

--

This year I found an algorithm to generate new passwords for our Novell
network. They consisted of four letters that read to create random and
obscure word. I just added two random numbers to the end. This year nobody
came back to me asking to change the password. The thought of just making
two words is a splendid suggestion for new users. :-)

The DEECD cases admin system mandates the use of passwords with numbers,
case elements and other cryptic components. Tighter security that users find
hostile to their memory will suffer from the danger that they will defeat
the password by secretly recording the password on a location near the
computer. I have seen this done on countless occasions. As one chap pointed
out, it made as much as much sense as asking him to memorise (Pi) to xxx
places (something I did a long time ago when I had too much time on my
hands)  Regards  Roland

--

At my school I give every student a password that consists of a three letter
word, a dash, another three letter word and a number eg rub-won9 I once
typed out 150 three letter words I found from the Internet. I used Excel to
concatenate the four bits into one password.  Cheers  David

--

Two completely unrelated words....hmmm....

windows&works
logies+entertainment
richmond-win
NRL<IQ

Yeah - I can see what they're getting at, fiendishly clever. Endless 
possibilities. Cameron

--

AHHH, Now I understand ...... 

Military/intelligence
Common/sense

*giggle*

Colin 

--

(and, regarding a reference for the original item/post)

Well, dont have a url, but, it was a one paragraph item in the "Loose 
Change' column by one James Lockington, on page 3 of the "Money Talks" 
section of the "Money" centre liftout section of The Age, Wed May 6th
2009 edition. I just basically typed up the entire one paragraph item.
Cheers, Stephen

--

Thanks,
Stephen
_______________________________________________
http://www.edulists.com.au - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe
Year 7 - 10 IT Mailing List kindly supported by
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
and
http://www.vitta.org.au  - VITTA Victorian Information Technology Teachers
Association Inc



Important - This email and any attachments may be confidential. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments check them for viruses and defects. Regardless of any loss, damage or consequence, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not, resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any attached files our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. Any representations or opinions expressed are those of the individual sender, and not necessarily those of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.