Your password must:
be at least 8 characters
be no more than 100 characters
not contain your Unity username
not contain your Unity username backwards
contain at least one digit (number)
contain at least one letter
not contain a single quote ' character
not be longer than 32 chars for Postini
not contain a word found in the dictionary
not have 5 consecutive digits (e.g. phone number)
be more than a simple case change of your old password

I CAN'T USE MY OWN FUCKING LANGUAGE IN MY PASSWORD? FUCK ME.

10/15/2014 9:00:14 AM

blumpkin69

10/15/2014 9:06:01 AM

I don't mind that requirement.

I do mind it when you can't have a password longer than 10 characters, or you can only use certain special characters, or none at all.

10/15/2014 9:39:44 AM

you can't use a word in your password, and you have no problem with that? I've got to go all 12 year old girl leet fuckshit with 3s and 1s and 7s and shit. I'm not going to remember that shit and it's no more secure than a well planned dictionary word password.

[Edited on October 15, 2014 at 9:41 AM. Reason : .]

10/15/2014 9:41:13 AM

Dictionary based brute force attacks are literally one of the oldest hacks in the book.
Is "Passw0rd" really too difficult to remember?

10/15/2014 9:43:03 AM

^

10/15/2014 9:48:42 AM

PW: ir1337haxor

10/15/2014 9:49:56 AM

^^^if only it were that simple

10/15/2014 9:52:12 AM

Quote :

"Dictionary based brute force attacks are literally one of the oldest hacks in the book."

yeah but what if you're using four different four letter words to make a 16 letter password?

BRUTE FORCE AIN'T GOT NOTHING ON ME BRAH

10/15/2014 10:02:01 AM

^


We're not talking about using a word. Just using words in your passwords.

10/15/2014 10:10:01 AM

I have always found it best to come up with a sentence you will easily remember and go with the first letters or what not of said sentence.

For instance:

Wtfitprs#s!?1

Why the fuck is this password requirement so fucking stupid!? 1

10/15/2014 10:25:37 AM

why do you have the # in there? it doesn't seem consistent with your scheme as the word fuck is represented by "f" and fucking is represented by "#"

I like three or four five-letter words followed by a number and a special character.

[Edited on October 17, 2014 at 9:27 AM. Reason : ]

10/17/2014 9:26:12 AM

Eh I forgot I added the !? at the end there you could take those out I suppose or replace the # with F. You usually have to have a stupid special character in there and thats how I used to get mine in there replacing a word with #.

Wt#wtPCw?1

Why the fuck wont this PC work? 1

10/17/2014 9:45:18 AM

When people tell me they don't use a password manager I'm like "you know the stone age is over, right?"

10/17/2014 10:01:48 AM

a what?

10/17/2014 10:02:34 AM

You could always use names based off of fictional characters, like Legolas or Mxyzptlk.

10/17/2014 11:16:51 AM

^

10/17/2014 11:21:15 AM

easiest workaround for all these is using athletes

10/17/2014 11:36:34 AM

yeah fuck a password manager

my password manager is muh brain

10/17/2014 11:36:50 AM

http://krebsonsecurity.com/password-dos-and-donts/

Quote :

"-Do not use words that can be found in the dictionary. Password-cracking tools freely available online often come with dictionary lists that will try thousands of common names and passwords. If you must use dictionary words, try adding a numeral to them, as well as punctuation at the beginning or end of the word (or both!)."

either you want to be secure, or you want to be accessible. you can't have both. literal opposite ends of the spectrum.

10/17/2014 7:23:02 PM

stringing together several dictionary words is both accessible and secure.

10/17/2014 9:29:30 PM

what if I just make my password "boobs69687"

I bet that's pretty secure...it would be pretty hard to crack that via brute force

I don't understand these security-freaks who choose (or insist on) passwords like "ArGHx72R0b0t". I mean, if you're a bank manager logging into the bank's website, okay; but it seems like gross overkill in most cases.

this "not contain a word found in the dictionary" shit, and the general insistence on security overkill, exasperates me.

10/17/2014 9:35:53 PM