You probably know that you should use a different password for each website you visit. And you probably don't anyway. But at the very least, make sure you're not using the same password for Facebook and your online bank account. And make sure you've got a secure, difficult to guess/hack password for important sites like financial institutions. Strong Password Generator can help you come up with a password that's a bit more secure than your birthday, anniversary, pet's name, or mother's maiden name. Just make sure you have a good password management program because we guarantee you won't be able to remember the passwords generated by the site off the top of your head, even with the silly mnemonic devices the site offers.
If Strong Password Generator doesn't do it for you, there are plenty of other great services for generating safe passwords. Now go forth and be secure.
[via Technobuzz]
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9-11-2007 @ 3:18PM
Moore said...
I don't care for online password generators, but have a few binaries to do the same thing locally. Anyone got a good generator that's freeware?
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9-11-2007 @ 3:39PM
Moore said...
Also... in the example shown... I am glad they have the phonetics way spelled out so I can remember that password (not).
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9-11-2007 @ 3:45PM
Peter said...
Moore - You can use the one built into KeePass even if you don't use the application to store your passwords.
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9-11-2007 @ 4:01PM
John Vilsack said...
These are all fine and good, but I would like to find a password generator that generates pronounceable passwords.
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9-12-2007 @ 8:00AM
RP said...
What is that weird diamond character? How do I enter that?
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9-12-2007 @ 8:01AM
RP said...
Um, cool, yeah, I can remember that:
Your new strong password is:
(41\9�N~j6c(~[
Remember it as:
( 4 1 \ 9 � NOKIA ~ jessica 6 china ( ~ [
(what's that "?" in the diamond?)
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9-14-2007 @ 8:41AM
David Bradley said...
I’ve mentioned the following idea elsewhere, but if you are having trouble thinking or remembering good passwords, then you should check out my passwords for scientists concept.
http://www.sciencetext.com/passwords-for-scientists.html
In this approach all you need to be able to remember is a simple compound name (think viagra, aspirin, phentermine) and apply the principles I suggest.
You'll have a very strong password that no one will be able to bruteforce and even if you write down the key no one will know how to apply your mods to get the actual password.
Dave Bradley
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9-26-2007 @ 8:34AM
ScottMGS said...
It struck me that an online password generator could, in unscrupulous hands, add all the generated passwords to the owners dictionary for dictionary attacks. Hmmm...
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