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Re: NXT :: descendant of Bitcoin - Updated Information
by
TigerCoin
on 26/01/2014, 22:29:47 UTC
There is an article at Ars Technica which really woke me up to how unsafe some seemingly safe pass-phrases may actually be: How the Bible and YouTube are fueling the next frontier of password cracking -- Crackers tap new sources to uncover "givemelibertyorgivemedeath" and other phrases.

That article made me reevaluate and change most of the pass-phrases I had been using on many different sites, including my banks.

I need help with http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/How-To:GenerateStrongPassword. I've looked at many sites that describe how to generate strong passwords. I find most unsatisfactory. They're either outdated, or just instruction lists that don't explain rationales. The requirements for Nxt passwords are orders of magnitude greater than what folks will be used to for other applications; I'd like people to understand why they need to be as careful as they should be, rather than mindlessly following instructions.

EDIT: Everyone, feel free to edit, and especially comment in the Discussion page. We need to use the wiki Talk pages more. Editors also need to know the rationale behind why pages are structured and written as they are, rather than simply piling on edits!

Step 1: Open a text editor
Step 2: Spam the Shift button while randomly mashing every letter and number as fast as you can.  Mash the maximum amount of characters allowed.
Step 3: Put on password protected flash drive.

Done.