Vreme: 12/07/2011 03:49 AM, Always Learning piše: > > Op Woensdag, 7 december 03:45 +0100, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > >> Vreme: 12/07/2011 01:45 AM, Always Learning piše: >>> The first thing I did was to make a 20-odd character password for Root >>> with lowercase, uppercase and digits (using my former address in >>> Germany). >> >> I like using serial numbers from Motherboards and other hardware. It's >> more random. > > The important thing about passwords is being ABLE TO REMEMBER them > without writing the password anywhere. People can remember old addresses > easier than motherboard serial numbers. I have no problem remembering 8-10 character password after several uses. And my brother at first wrote them down in his phone, and then just remembered. If you lose the phone, or the paper you wrote it on, it will not help the attackers from across the globe. If your password is search-able on the internet.... This advice is good for small admins. If you might be victim of the industrial or governmental espionage, then you better be smart enough to remember your passwords. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe Google is the Mother, Google is the Father, and traceroute is your trusty Spiderman... StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant