Choosing a password
I'm registering for a UNIX account with my new uni. However, their password thing is giving me a headache.
My usual password is all numeric. I tried that and it said "Password cannot be all numeric".
Fair enough - security and all that. So I tried it holding down shift - it looked something like @£%@£%^*!
The form said "Password cannot be all upper case - have you left caps lock on?"
So I tried some numbers and some symbols - like 25534!$!56
It said the same thing.
I've therefore deduced that it wants lowercase letters in there somewhere! But why? My symbol/number password would be really hard to guess.
I think I'll choose a word, just to spite them. (Although if they're clever it'll check it in a spellcheck dictionary or something.)
Amorya
My usual password is all numeric. I tried that and it said "Password cannot be all numeric".
Fair enough - security and all that. So I tried it holding down shift - it looked something like @£%@£%^*!
The form said "Password cannot be all upper case - have you left caps lock on?"
So I tried some numbers and some symbols - like 25534!$!56
It said the same thing.
I've therefore deduced that it wants lowercase letters in there somewhere! But why? My symbol/number password would be really hard to guess.
I think I'll choose a word, just to spite them. (Although if they're clever it'll check it in a spellcheck dictionary or something.)
Amorya
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Originally posted by Amorya
I'm registering for a UNIX account with my new uni. However, their password thing is giving me a headache.
My usual password is all numeric. I tried that and it said "Password cannot be all numeric".
Fair enough - security and all that. So I tried it holding down shift - it looked something like @£%@£%^*!
The form said "Password cannot be all upper case - have you left caps lock on?"
So I tried some numbers and some symbols - like 25534!$!56
It said the same thing.
I've therefore deduced that it wants lowercase letters in there somewhere! But why? My symbol/number password would be really hard to guess.
I think I'll choose a word, just to spite them. (Although if they're clever it'll check it in a spellcheck dictionary or something.)
Amorya
mine is alphanumerica but there is a word backwards in it...yep slicker then snot
Amorya
At work, we have to use an alphanumeric combination, and at least one special character.
And then put them back.
And then pry up all of the other keys, flip them, type something with them, and pry them up and flip them over again... just so that no one can figure out which letters are in your password by noticing which keys are loose and have pry marks.
Disadvantage: I have problems when typing a password on a laptop
I like the idea of typing your password upside down... just turn your keyboard over and then it's backwards too!
Dag... I've had my password for over a year now... I should reaally change it.
Originally posted by bauman
Dag... I've had my password for over a year now... I should reaally change it.
If you think that's bad, I use the same password everywhere(except for my system), and it's been the same for the past two years.