Date:         Mon, 28 May 2012 09:36:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject:      ADMINISTRIVIA - Spamming the list and password security
Comments: To: Diesel Vanagon <Diesel-Vanagon@yahoogroups.com>,
          vanagon@yahoogroups.com
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It's a joke, But ya know... It's a good start on a really secure
password.

> During a password audit, it was discovered one of the employees had
> the following password:
>
> MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento
>
> When asked why such a long password she replied:
>
> "I was told it had to be at least 8 characters long and contain at
> least one capital!"

Throw in a number or two and you've got a great password!  A little
awkward though.

If you use one of the free mail services such as Yahoo! or MSN/
Hotmail, please, please, please use a secure password. The word
'password' is not secure. Your dog Rex's name is not secure. '123456'
is not secure. Not even that random character sequence 'qwerty' is
secure.  And the likelihood that your account will be the subject of a
brute force or dictionary attack seems to be substantially higher with
these type accounts.

Please choose a password that is UPPER and lower case letters and
numbers. With a little imagination you can create a password that is
both easy to remember and secure. An example: Password = Chicago. Not
secure. It's a dictionary word. A computer can own that account in
about 3 minutes. Secure? How about ch1C4g0.  MUCH more secure. And if
ya squint, you can still see Chicago.

I moderate at least one mail account a week due to the account being
used to spam. Changing the password usually solves the problem. It
seems to almost always be a Yahoo! or Microsoft free account.

Please secure your accounts folks.

More: http://www.wikihow.com/Choose-a-Secure-Password


Jim Arnott
Lisa Admin
vanagon@gerry
vanagon@yahoo
diesel-vanagon@yahoo


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