Strong Passphrases?

AMD Lover · February 11, 2014

Its not for anything super important i just would like to have a strong pass for a USB drive

I remember one WAN show where Slick said a really good one but i cant remember it but honestly any good passphrase will work if you have an idea.

XTankSlayerX · February 11, 2014

"Ilovemywifeandkid<3" Linus

He said something like that

Bluethulhu · February 11, 2014

Just some generated ones:

entereen

lancesca

optosell

hodeable

enlethoderbr

orpoldwarley

ntiensimenra

oinsmatteamy

Vindola · February 11, 2014

Its not for anything super important i just would like to have a strong pass for a USB drive

I remember one WAN show where Slick said a really good one but i cant remember it but honestly any good passphrase will work if you have an idea.

A good passphrase is passphrase YOU come up with, not one that others tell you what it is.

But the general tips are

-Include CaPiTal AnD sMaLl letters.

-Include symbols such as .!@#$%^&*

-Include numbers

-Include ALL of these things I mentioned and not just one of them

-Do not include any part of your birth date or year, or a year of some anniversary

-Do not include any part of your name.

Vitalius · February 11, 2014

I'm going to give you an example of what my passwords consist of. It's everything within the "s.

"No one should know this password. " Yes, there is a space at the end. It's natural for me, so I include it.

All of my passwords and passphrases are that long like that. They are a sentence that I can remember that isn't necessarily related to the thing the password/phrase is for.

I suggest you do the same.

A good passphrase is passphrase YOU come up with, not one that others tell you what it is.

But the general tips are

-Include CaPiTal AnD sMaLl letters.
-Include symbols such as .!@#$%^&*
-Include numbers
-Include ALL of these things I mentioned
-Do not include any part of your birth date or year, or a year of some anniversary
-Do not include any part of your name.

This is generally dated information. Not in the sense of "Don't use those things", but in the sense of "Don't use those things in that way."

Here is an XKCD comic explaining why:

In the end, Characters are King. More characters = stronger password/phrase. Different types don't help much, such as using Capitals, special characters, and things of that nature.

Long passwords/phrases are best. Because correcthorsebatterystaple is far more secure than Tr0ub4dor$3, simply because it's longer.

DLM_012 · February 12, 2014

Password managers save lives folks. I love Keepass. I use it between my flash drive, laptop, desktop, phone and tablet.

GeTecknics · February 12, 2014

look around your room and find 4 things that go together like MywalletPantspocketonTVwithmyKeys1

smjpl · February 12, 2014

If the phrase is long enough (around 20 characters), you don't need to go crazy on the capitals and special characters and numbers. Obviously the more will help but I think the point of the passphrase is that we forget passwords that are complicated so instead make them simple but long.