Do you have too many passwords and can't remember them
all? Is this password thing driving you crazy?
Perhaps we can help. Here are some suggestions that might help for creating passwords. We hope you can employ these suggestions and cut your passwords down to just a couple.
Suggestions:
Step 1: Come
up with a base word Pick the name of a pet or any common
thing that's easy to remember. For example,
say you once lived in Louisville. You can use that to
establish the base of your password and satisfy the required
criteria for a strong
password.
Remember: You need at least one capital letter and either a number or special
character. So, using Louisville as your base word, you
can substitute an! or 1 for l and replace the s with
$-e.g., Lou1$ville.
Step 2: Add more characters to the base word: Pick any four characters to add to the base word.
Step 3: Store your password without worry Now, write down the added four characters, along with a clue for the base word.
Using our previous example, you would write down city1xyza,
where city 1 signifies Louisville with a 1 and $ and
xyza represents the four additional
characters. So, even written down, this password reference
would serve as a reminder of your complete password while
revealing nothing
to any roaming eyes. (Keep in mind that this example is a 14-character password.
While that may be longer than the actual requirement,
it may be easier to remember.)
