On 02/15/2015 09:22 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
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
I agree that a human might not be able to crack it but even a PC would
have a hard time if you use phrases, foreign words, and the like. Also
I'm assuming that even if someone were to try it there's no way they
could decipher the passwords some people would use, (birthdate....death
date....middle name of the kid who lived down the block five years
ago.....the last name of the professor you had in college who got
married twice...) I'm just sayin' is all....and I only offered it as a
possibility. I would never divulge the true "process" by which I create
passwords!
EGO II
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