On Sun, 2015-02-15 at 09:18 -0500, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > I have discovered a method of creating passwords that has helped me > greatly throughout the years. I learned it from this girl who was > always > teased in school for being "weird" LoL! (Thank you > Sharon......wherever > you are!) So imagine you want to use the word "gasoline" as a > password.......the simple trick is to "push" each letter over by one! > That's it!....so instead of using the "g" from gasoline you'd use the > next letter in line..(the "h")....and for the "a"...you'd use the > "b"....and so on until you've replaced each letter. (For those who > have > the mental prowess and can manage it, there's also using the letter > PREVIOUS to the one you have or the process of "skipping" letters as > well...) but I've found that this method provides you with a password > that appears to be gibberish to anyone else, but makes perfect sense > to > you!... Wow. So clever! I mean who would think of having a password cracker shift all the words in its dictionary, especially as you've now publicized it? Please try to understand that "looking like gibberish to a human" is not a reliable indicator of password strength. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
