Comments on: Peter Piper Picked a Perfect Password Pattern http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/peter-piper-picked-a-perfect-password-pattern/ Wed, 08 May 2013 20:56:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Geek http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/peter-piper-picked-a-perfect-password-pattern/#comment-31 The Geek Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:14:55 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/peter-piper-picked-a-perfect-password-pattern/#comment-31 Thanks for your comment Michael. I have proposed a similar system before. You may be interested in my next post, which is an abridged version of a longer post I did awhile back for Dave’s Computer Tips newsletter…Ken

]]> By: MichaelSeese http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/peter-piper-picked-a-perfect-password-pattern/#comment-30 MichaelSeese Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:13:08 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/peter-piper-picked-a-perfect-password-pattern/#comment-30 I like to create a strong password by contriving a phrase that I [I]know[/I] has at least two numbers. For example, I’m a huge fan of the Beatles. So my phrase can be, [I]In 67, Sgt. Pepper was released[/I]. Taking the first letter from each word leads to [B]i67spwr[/B]. If I want to maintain the capitalization, it becomes [B]i67SPwr[/B].

The beauty of this system is that it allows me to use the “Post-It” method for a hint. I could write down “Beatles” (or if I want to be a little more obscure, “btl”) and put sticky notes all over my office. I challenge a cracker to derive [B]i67spwrd[/B] from “btl.”

And yes, I [I]have[/I] used this passphrase, but it has long since expired.

– Michael Seese, author of [A href="http://www.amazon.com/Scrappy-Information-Security-plain-English-Biometrics/dp/1600051324/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245928166&sr=1-1"]Scrappy Information Security

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