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 ======PassPhrase Generator== ======PassPhrase Generator==
-[[http://xkcd.com/936/ |{{ https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.png?350|Through 20 years of effort we've successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember but easy for computers to guess. }}]]+[[http://xkcd.com/936/ |{{ :wiki:xkcd_936_password_strength.png?400|Through 20 years of effort we've successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember but easy for computers to guess. }}]] 
  
 Inspired by the xkcd comic: ((Code borrowed under BSD license from http://www.passphra.se, with longer word list from [[https://www.wordfrequency.info/free.asp?s=y |www.wordfrequency.info]].))  Inspired by the xkcd comic: ((Code borrowed under BSD license from http://www.passphra.se, with longer word list from [[https://www.wordfrequency.info/free.asp?s=y |www.wordfrequency.info]].)) 
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-  * Add **//at least one//** randomly //capitalized letter// (not the first letter of a word) and //numeral// and/or //punctuation// to make your password significantly stronger (harder for computers to guess). +  * Add **//at least one//** **randomly capitalized letter** (not the first letter of a word) and **one or more** **//numerals//** and/or **//punctuation//** to make your password significantly stronger (harder for computers to guess). 
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
  
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 </WRAP> <WRAP clear/> </WRAP> <WRAP clear/>
  
 +<WRAP center round tip 60%>
 +\\ **//Length// is the most important part of a password!**
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +<WRAP pagebreak></WRAP>
 <WRAP noprint> <WRAP noprint>
 [[https://www.security.org/how-secure-is-my-password/|{{:wiki:security.org_how-secure-is-my-password.png?nolink&200 |}}]] </WRAP> [[https://www.security.org/how-secure-is-my-password/|{{:wiki:security.org_how-secure-is-my-password.png?nolink&200 |}}]] </WRAP>
 To test relative strength, copy and paste one of the suggested passwords into one of these testing sites to see how long it might take for a computer to brute-force guess your password: \\  To test relative strength, copy and paste one of the suggested passwords into one of these testing sites to see how long it might take for a computer to brute-force guess your password: \\ 
   * https://www.security.org/how-secure-is-my-password/    * https://www.security.org/how-secure-is-my-password/ 
-  * https://bitwarden.com/password-strength/ ((https://zxcvbn-ts.github.io/zxcvbn/demo/)) +  * https://bitwarden.com/password-strength/ 
-<WRAP pagebreak></WRAP> +  * https://zxcvbn-ts.github.io/zxcvbn/demo/ 
-<WRAP center round tip 60%> + 
-\\ **//Length// is the most important part of a password!** +
-</WRAP>+
  
 ----  ---- 
 \\  \\ 
-Further discussion on the tradeoff between length and password complexity to make passwords more secure:  https://www.hivesystems.io/blog/are-your-passwords-in-the-green+Further discussion on the tradeoff between length and password complexity to make passwords more secure: \\  https://www.hivesystems.io/blog/are-your-passwords-in-the-green
  
-[[https://www.hivesystems.io/blog/are-your-passwords-in-the-green|{{:wiki:hivesystems.io_password_table.png?nolink&400 |}}]] <WRAP clear/>+{{:wiki:hivesystems.io_password_table.png?direct&400 |}} <WRAP clear/>
  
  
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