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Is your password strong enough to withstand common password cracking attacks? To ensure you are using a strong password, check and tally answers to questions mentioned below, if most of answers come to be 'yes', voila, you are using a strong password to be cracked.......

* Is your password length more than seven[7] characters long?

* Is your password a combination of alphabets and numbers?

* Is your password not having frequently used words, phrases and DFG numbers by you?

* Is your password not having related names, dates and numbers to sdghyou?

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how strong is your password?

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NB. If your password satisfies all the questions mentioned above, I assure your password would sustain all the three major password cracking techniques, viz. i] Password Guessing ii] Dictionary Based Attack and iii] Brute Force Attack

BIJOY's TIPS PERTAINING TO PASSWORDS

i> Avoid writing down your passwords in personal diaries, papers or sticky notes and let ++them lie near your desktop. Try and remember passwords instead penning it down.

ii> Dont share your passwords to anybody. Learn to say no to such requests, beware of ++social engineers.

iii> Choose a long password (preferably larger than 7 characters), and use a combination ++ of Alphabets and Numbers. eg. vamp32b4ast

iv> Avoid using related words and numbers such as birthdates, vehicle registration no., +++telephone/cell nos., friends birthdates, loved ones name/birthdates in your password.

KEEPING THESE IN MIND FOR DEFINING A PASSWORD MAKES YOUR PASSWORD STRONG ENOUGH TO BE CRACKED