someone figured out my email address

[Lisa Kachold]

Yes, we just use the one character from the memorized song or rhyme; rarely
do they make words.  Add in a rule to cap every 3 character & viola you can
remember via association a secure random string.
On Nov 21, 2011 8:14 PM, "Stephen" <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Could work. But nonwords really remove the dictionary hacks entirely.
>  On Nov 21, 2011 8:11 PM, "Lisa Kachold" <lisakachold at obnosis.com> wrote:
>
>> How about nursery rhymes using 1 st, 3rd or last character (or number)?
>> Or music lyrics?
>> On Nov 21, 2011 8:07 PM, "Stephen" <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I shoot for multisyllable nonsense that has a couple numbers tossed in.
>>> Smooth it so I can pronounce it phonetically and bingo secure password I
>>> don't forget. If you can say it you can remember it.
>>> On Nov 21, 2011 6:21 PM, "Lisa Kachold" <lisakachold at obnosis.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I believe you win the password security award, Hawks,
>>>> On Nov 21, 2011 1:41 PM, "Technomage Hawke" <technomage.hawke at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> this is why I use a long password string with random characters
>>>>> (pigeon is so nice for this). usually I go with a character length longer
>>>>> than 20 characters. since these are very hard to remember, I keep them on a
>>>>> usb dongle in an encrypted file. Because of this, I have only had to change
>>>>> my password (because of a security issue) only twice in the last 5 years.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure how the security specialists on the list would treat
>>>>> this, but for me, it seems to be the best solution for the  job at hand.
>>>>>
>>>>> also, I also never browse the web on a windows machine (safer that
>>>>> way). I use OS X for most of my mail and web browsing stuff. I use linux
>>>>> (as VINUX) for some development testing and for the above mentioned
>>>>> password and security items. it also keeps me from losing those skills I
>>>>> spent the last 16 years trying to use.
>>>>>
>>>>> -eric
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 21, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Before I left for Peru I got an email from Google telling me that
>>>>> someone in China had accessed my gmail account and that I should change my
>>>>> password unless it was me accessing my account from China. Well, I changed
>>>>> my pass word. Then I went to Peru and was expecting them to send me another
>>>>> email but one never arrived.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Someone figured out a password of seven numerals and 3 letters!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --
>>>>> > :-)~MIKE~(-:
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