Subj : FidoGazette Vol 11 no 32
To   : JIMMY ANDERSON
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Tue Sep 19 2017 19:52:33

Hello JIMMY,

18 Sep 17 15:18 at you wrote to JANIS KRACHT:

 JA> So it might be - KcmyYslhcy2
 JA> Practically IMPOSSIBLE to crack!

Not as much as you might think.  That's strictly alphanumeric and that can be 
worked out in a decent amount of time with enough processor power.

When you add "special characters" into the mix, such as punctuation 
characters, that makes passwords a lot harder to guess with a brute force 
program.

 JA> One more thing the article suggested was to use a password manager. I
 JA> personally have NOT tried one out and not sure I like the idea of my
 JA> passwords being stored somewhere that could be potentially hacked,
 JA> thus giving someone access to ALL my passwords...

I have used a password manager, KeePass, for many years without issue.  As 
Dale's said, if you use a good password on the password database, you're fine. 
 I use both a password and a master key file that is hidden on the hard drive 
that only I know where it's at.  It would be very difficult for someone to 
crack that database (Linux offers you more opportunities to keep things 
secure).

My advice: use alphanumeric characters and punctuation with a password that's 
minimum eight characters long if not sixteen.

I have a 55 character password for one particular usage. :D

Later,
Sean

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