Last Modified: Friday, 27-Mar-2009 14:09:27 EDT
Easy Procedure for Changing CSB Core Passwords
Choosing a Password
You must:
- Use a mixture of upper and lower case and use at least one numeric
or punctuation character. It is not sufficient to use the
number 1 for the letter l or i, or the number
0 for the letter o, or 4 for A.
- Use at least 6 and at most 8 characters
You should not use:
- Any part of the user's name or user's family name.
- Numbers significant to you or those close
to you: e.g. SSN, license number phone, birthdate, etc.
- The name of your favorite anything.
- Any name, number, people, or place associated
with MBB or Yale.
- English words spelled correctly (even if special
characters on either end). DIctionary words in any language.
- The names of famous people, places, things,
movies, TV shows, songs, slogans, etc.
- Published password examples (especially those listed below).
- Simple modifications of real words such as backwards spelling
or permuting the letters, or adding a numeric at the beginning
or end: e.g. not john or nhoj or ohnj or
john2.
The following items serve as a base for creating a good password:
- Embedding two or more extra characters such
as numerics, symbols or control characters.
- Misspelling the word.
- Using unusual capitalization.
- Concatenating two or more words.
- Interleaving two or more words: e.g. cdaotg22
interleaves dog and cat.
- The first letter of each word in a line from
a poem, EG: qtr,nm for, Quoth the
raven, nevermore.
- A great athletic achievement from your
high school career, eg, 73yTD! for a 73-yard touchdown
or 440/58.3 for a pretty good quarter-mile.
Only the first eight characters are counted in the password,
so adding
special characters after that is wasted effort.
Last Modified: Friday, 27-Mar-2009 14:09:27 EDT