Create strong passwords
Just as it’s prudent to lock your house when you're away, it's important to protect access to our computing resources. A single account with a trivially guessable password is a danger to the entire network.
At the SoM, passwords must be at least six characters long; may not contain your user name or any part of your full name; and must contain elements from three of the four following types of characters:
- Upper case letters
- Lower case letters
- Numbers
- Special Symbols (!@#$%^&*=)
Examples of setting a strong password:
Choose a password with an embedded number that looks the same as the letter:
- Tran5fer (the numeric five "5" replaces the alphabetic "S," transfer)
- B0nsai (the numeric zero "0" replaces the alphabetic "O," bonsai)
- F1ower (the numeric one "1" replaces the alphabetic "L," flower)
- Educat!on (the numeric one "!" replaces the alphabetic "I," education)
Choose a combination of numbers and letters that produce a sentence:
- Get2work (Get to work)
- osacanUC (Oh say can you see)
- Ima1usr (I am a number one user)
Use obscure, personal facts about yourself:
- Your first car - 65Chevy
- Your favorite snack - 7Layerdip
Additional information about passwords:
- Do not write a password down. This defeats the purpose of passwords.
- Do not give your password to anyone at anytime.
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