Using Strong Passwords
Passwords can be the weakest link in the security scheme for your Site. It is recommended that you use strong passwords because they are harder to break. A strong password has the following characteristics:
- Contains at least six characters.
- Contains characters from each of the following three groups:
- Uppercase and lowercase letters (A, a, B, b, C, c, and so on)
- Numbers
- Symbols (such as ` ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + - = { } | [ ] \ : " ; ' < > ? , . /)
- Contains at least one symbol character in the second through sixth positions
- Is significantly different from passwords previously used
- Does not contain your name or user name
- Is not a common word or name
For more information about strong passwords, see "Creating strong passwords" in Windows 2000 help.
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