Computer Security

Title: Tips on Correctly Setting Passwords

Author: William Springer

Publisher: Bright Hub

URL: http://www.brighthub.com/computing/smb-security/articles/98927.aspx

Abstract:

William Springer gave some tips on setting and creating a good computer security codes and passwords to protect and secure the computers and private information. One of the tips that he advised was to choose a password that is not commonly used but meaningful to you. He also discussed the bad example of password. Using default passwords is a bad habit because if someone knows the default password, he can easily track and access you account.  

Three things I learned from the article:

1. Always change the default password for protection.

2. Avoid using dictionary words such as love, lust, money, password, private, qwerty, secret, sex, and snoopy, etc. Using dictionary words, hackers can easily identify your passwords.

3. Another example of bad passwords are zip codes, birthdays, kid’s name, spouse’s birthday, even these examples are easy to remember, hackers can also guess it easily.

Application/Implication of what I've learned to my work/to me as a person:

After reading this article, I’ve realized that I should change some of the passwords that I’ve created to protect my accounts more and use passwords that are meaningful to me but meaningless to others.