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Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)

From rhkramer@gmail.com
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector)
Date 2020-09-02 01:50 +0200
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On Tuesday, September 01, 2020 02:42:50 PM Mike McClain wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 09:41:06PM +0000, Long Wind wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> > my memory is poor, i can't remember many accounts and passwords
> 
>     The more experience you have the harder it is to find the
> memory you're searching for. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

+1 ;-)

>     Mnemonics can make passwords relatively easy to remember and can
> be very secure if chosen carefully.
>     Mom's birthday is 5 May 1919, a secure password is *M05o05m19m19a?
> I have an AT&T account and an address I haven't lived at in 50 years is
> 5535 El Campo, Ft. Worth, Texas 75107, so :A5535t75107t;.
>     That should give you the idea, a mix of upper and lower case,
> numerals and punctuation selected from things no longer current can make
> good passwords easy to remember.

That can be a good approach, but a modern approach seems to be tending towards 
multiple whole words, e.g. "book swimming Wednesday conduct" (all together as 
a password.

A password like this can be easier for a person to remember (especially if you 
create a mnemonic to go with it) and be harder for a computer to guess.

I've read articles about the approach, but don't remember enough to explain it 
very well.



>     GRC.com has a password checker

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how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 05:10 +0200
  Re: how to test disk for bad sector Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-08-29 05:40 +0200
    Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 07:50 +0200
      Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-29 10:20 +0200
        Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 12:00 +0200
          Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 00:10 +0200
            Re: how to test disk for bad sector David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-08 06:30 +0200
              Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-09-09 16:40 +0200
      Re: how to test disk for bad sector Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-08-29 19:10 +0200
        Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 22:20 +0200
      Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 00:00 +0200
        Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-30 01:10 +0200
          Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 01:40 +0200
            Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-30 02:10 +0200
              Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 02:40 +0200
              Re: how to test disk for bad sector Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-08-30 16:10 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-08-30 16:30 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-31 00:10 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-08-31 04:10 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-31 05:00 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-08-31 18:30 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-31 23:50 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-09-01 04:20 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-09-01 05:40 +0200
                passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector) Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2020-09-02 01:10 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2020-09-02 01:40 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-02 09:40 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-09-02 15:30 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-02 15:40 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector) John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-09-02 18:40 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-02 22:00 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-09-02 22:10 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector) John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-09-03 01:40 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2020-09-03 12:40 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-09-02 01:50 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2020-09-02 09:00 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad  sector) Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-02 11:20 +0200
                Re: passwords + bad memory - Was (Re: how to test disk for bad sector) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-09-02 15:30 +0200
      Re: how to test disk for bad sector Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-08-31 20:40 +0200
  Re: how to test disk for bad sector David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-08-29 05:50 +0200
    Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 06:50 +0200
  Re: how to test disk for bad sector "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2020-08-29 10:20 +0200
    Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 13:20 +0200
      Re: how to test disk for bad sector Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2020-08-29 13:50 +0200
      Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-29 14:30 +0200
        Re: how to test disk for bad sector Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-08-29 18:50 +0200
          Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-30 00:20 +0200
            Re: how to test disk for bad sector Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-08-30 02:40 +0200
              Re: how to test disk for bad sector Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-08-30 03:10 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-30 04:10 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-08-30 05:10 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-08-30 09:30 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-08-30 21:00 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-08-31 00:00 +0200
                Re: how to test disk for bad sector Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-02 11:30 +0200
              Re: how to test disk for bad sector Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com> - 2020-08-30 06:00 +0200
    Re: how to test disk for bad sector Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-08-29 15:00 +0200

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