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The Password Game

The Password Game. CSC 596: Computing Security By Ray Myers. Your Password. More than one password? Assigned to you or chosen by you? Changed… Weekly Monthly 3 Months Never. Your Password. Known to… Yourself only Your roommate and/or significant other Your boss

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The Password Game

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  1. The Password Game CSC 596: Computing Security By Ray Myers

  2. Your Password • More than one password? • Assigned to you or chosen by you? • Changed… • Weekly • Monthly • 3 Months • Never

  3. Your Password • Known to… • Yourself only • Your roommate and/or significant other • Your boss • Your systems administrator • One other co-worker or fellow Student • Entire population of Pittsburgh

  4. Your Password • Memorized or cribbed • File on your hard drive • In a desk drawer • On your PDA • Post-it on your monitor • “Memorized” by Windows

  5. Your Password • Is Your Password: • Your name • Your significant other’s name • Your dog’s name • Your birthday • Your birthday – backwards • Your favorite singer • Any word in the English Language

  6. Your Password • If you answered YES to more than ONE of the questions above, the average “Life Expectancy” of your password is about 17 MINUTES!

  7. Your Password • Does Your Password Contain… • A random letter pattern • Both letters and numbers • Letters, numbers, and symbols • IF you answered YES to one or more of the above, your password’s “Life Expectancy” just improved to about 3.4 days!

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