hi friends i am back with new security tips to protect yourself on internet.today i am providing a new new lesson on how to generate a strong password to protect yourself on the web.Passwords is important factor in security. Security always start with good password because if you are using strong passwords then less chances that someone hack your account. Using birthday date, any name, dictionary word and simple character passwords can easily hack by hacker and then misuse by them. So here I am putting some guidelines for make secure password
Some Guidelines for Creating Strong Passwords
What is a Strong Password ?
1. Password should be 8 or more character long.2. Always use combination of lower and upper case characters.
3. Make sure you are using minimum one numeric or special character (@, #, $, ^, ?, space, punctuation) in your passwords.
4. Try to use entire keyboard not use only special lines of character set.
5. Use strong passwords generators software’s or websites.
6. Avoid creating passwords using:
- Dictionary words in any language.
- Words spelled backwards, common misspellings, and abbreviations.
- Sequences or repeated characters. Examples: 12345678, 222222, abcdefg, or adjacent letters on your keyboard (qwerty).
- Personal information. Your name, birthday, driver’s license, passport number, or similar information.
After generate passwords you can check them with Microsoft online password checker
To check your password strength visit here
Screenshot of Microsoft online password checker
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You can also generate a strong password online by visiting Online Strong Passwords Generator:
This website can generate very strong passwords with minimum character length 5 to maximum 30. You can generate passwords with special symbols for more security
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