How To Create Strong Password

My last post taught you about making your PC say something. This post is gonna teach you creating strong passwords.

Password is a secret word or phrase that must be used to gain admission to something...
It allows you gain access to a computer, interface or a system.

As pentesting is one of my interests, it's my daily work to crack passwords and make my system more secure. We, network security administrators know the methods to crack weak passwords easily and trust me, even a noob or script kiddie can crack them just by using some tools. A lot of noobs try social engineering too to gain access to your important stuff.
If you have a strong password, it's difficult for people to guess it and hence, your account remains safe and secure.

Steps to create a strong password -

• It should be at least 8 letters long. AT LEAST! Using brute forcing techniques, your password can be cracked easily if it is not long enough. I recommend using 10-12 letters long passwords.

• It should be a combination of letters, numbers and symbols. While cracking, it is easier if the password is a single word. They can be cracked easily using a dictionary attack. Try making it complex and uncommon.

• It should be different from other passwords. Never use the same password for many services. Use different password for every service you use. One account hacked, every account hacked! REMEMBER THAT!

•  It should not be your name, wife's name, pet's name, DOB or something very obvious and is easy to guess. Reason is 'SOCIAL ENGINEERING'. Look it up.

• For best results, make up a phrase and extract password from that phrase. Like, my phrase is, "Eminem loves 45 cupcakes very much." Now I'll select first letter from each word, "El45cvm". Add some more symbols for making it more complex, " El45cvm&$#". Now this shit is hard to crack and easy to remember.

• You can also use online password generating sites to make your passwords.

       http://passwordsgenerator.net/
       https://www.random.org/passwords/ 


NOTE -

1. Always keep your password recovery options updated.

2. Dont forget to change your passwords in a few weeks.

3. Don't write and keep your passwords in your diary or something. Try to memorize them. Especially bank passwords.