Comments on: Overheard: How to remember your strong password http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-how-to-remember-your-strong-password/ A Whatis.com blog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:26:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: MargaretRouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-how-to-remember-your-strong-password/#comment-305 MargaretRouse Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:29:21 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-how-to-remember-your-strong-password/#comment-305 Let's see...15 characters long? So could I just repeat a shorter one twice? Let’s see…15 characters long?

So could I just repeat a shorter one twice?

]]> By: NinjaRAT http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-how-to-remember-your-strong-password/#comment-304 NinjaRAT Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:16:35 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-how-to-remember-your-strong-password/#comment-304 Good article. One thing to note, for a really stong password, in the Windows world, it should be greater than 15 characters long. This is due to the LM Hash function only holding 14 bits. But 8 characters is certainly good enough for most situations, if high security isn't absolutely necessary. Good article. One thing to note, for a really stong password, in the Windows world, it should be greater than 15 characters long. This is due to the LM Hash function only holding 14 bits.

But 8 characters is certainly good enough for most situations, if high security isn’t absolutely necessary.

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