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Friday 26 October 2012

Follow these tips to make a strong password



Make your passwords long enough. It must be at least eight characters long.
Avoid using those words which are easy to guess. Never use the name of your father, mother or the name of your pet.
Never use same password for all your accounts and make it different from previous password. This is the most important thing to care about. Use different password for your hotmail and facebook.

Try to have a strong and difficult password. Password must be the combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols (such as !, #, *).
Never share your password with anyone. Password must be secret only up to you.
Try to identify phishing pages and never give passwords to phishing pages. Always give passowrd in the valid login pages so check for the URL. Phishing URL will have a different domain name.
You can also check your password strength with online password checking tool. Use this official tool to check the strength.
Common Mistakes which must be avoided
These are the things that must be avoided. Avoid creating those passwords that use
Dictionary words of any language.
Words abbreviations
Sequence of characters, number or adjacent letters on your keyboard like qwerty.
Your personal info, phone number, license number or anything easy to guess.
 These are some security tips that must be followed by all users to insure their account security.


Raghav chhabra

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