Passwords That Should Never Be Used 239
The Original Yama writes "Strong passwords are your first step in securing your systems. If a password can be easily guessed or compromised using a simple dictionary attack, your systems will be vulnerable to hackers, worms, Trojans, and viruses. PCLinuxOnline provides an alphanumerical list of list of commonly used weak passwords that should never be used. If any of these passwords look hauntingly familiar and are being used, you should change the password immediately."
missed one... (Score:5, Funny)
thx1138
I've secured my Internet privacy (Score:5, Funny)
I keep it simple (Score:5, Funny)
Anonymous Coward NY Times passwd (Score:3, Funny)
Top 10 Passwords Not to be Used (Score:5, Funny)
10. iluvalqueda
9. idareyoutoguessthis
8. oldfattylumpkinwhosewisenoseledushere
7. *******
6. (my actual password)
5. cowboyneal
4. pencil
3. neo
2. secret
1. password
This one real cool password I had... (Score:3, Funny)
There was this obscure OS that no one had ever heard of... man it was cool... it was like unix on the pc... and this guy that developed it... this guy from scandanavia. You see it was really clever because it was a play on his actual name, and easy to remember.
Then... 1998 came. Its been downhill from there. I wouldnt even trust it to a hotmail account now.
You forgot... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Top 10 Passwords Not to be Used (Score:5, Funny)
Guess I should change my password (Score:4, Funny)
Of course, I use the variant spelling.
Favorites from the Real World (Score:3, Funny)
Mr.Root
logout
friend
friend and enter
open sesame
open tahini
open the door HAL
admit1
lemmeIN
hey,babe
what'syoursign?
Since I'm a little slow, the last two had me puzzled. It was explained to me that they were "pass words," i.e., words used in making passes.
I'm safe! (Score:3, Funny)
Woohoo! My trusty old 1234567890 didn't make the list!
An honest look at password creation (Score:5, Funny)
User: Tim
Password: NEWUSER
YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD EVERY 30 DAYS
PASSWORD MUST HAVE AT LEAST 6 ALPHA AND 2 NUMERIC/OTHER CHARACTERS
New Password: password
PASSWORD MUST HAVE AT LEAST 6 ALPHA AND 2 NUMERIC/OTHER CHARACTERS
New Password: password01
OK
(February)
User: Tim
Password: password01
YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD EVERY 30 DAYS
PASSWORD MUST HAVE AT LEAST 6 ALPHA AND 2 NUMERIC/OTHER CHARACTERS
New Password: password01
THIS PASSWORD HAS BEEN USED RECENTLY
YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD EVERY 30 DAYS
PASSWORD MUST HAVE AT LEAST 6 ALPHA AND 2 NUMERIC/OTHER CHARACTERS
New Password: password02
OK
(March)
User: Tim
Password: password02
YOU MUST CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD EVERY 30 DAYS
PASSWORD MUST HAVE AT LEAST 6 ALPHA AND 2 NUMERIC/OTHER CHARACTERS
New Password: password03
OK
repeat ad nauseum
Only an idiot (Score:2, Funny)
How are my passwords? (Score:3, Funny)
fizzlebop... OK
coodleschmidt... OK
sneedalbiz... OK
testripithia... OK
crumblehip... OK
skazeltank... OK
OK, all my passwords are safe. No one will ever guess 'em.
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Crud!
Re:An honest look at password creation (Score:5, Funny)
Password: i dont have one
password is incorrect
Login: yes
Password: incorrect
Re:I keep it simple (Score:5, Funny)
I'm surprised that the classic "xyzzy" isn't in the list. Other words I would have expected to see "fred", "bofh", "windows", and "billgatescanbitemyshinymetalass".
Re:Universal Passwords (Score:2, Funny)
98814936052800 is the number of all passwords with lengths from six to nine with at least one number.
321272406 is the number of all passwords with lengths from one to six, as would be picked by unregulated users.
Short passwords?? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I keep it simple (Score:3, Funny)
It's eery how close that is to my own password!
Uncanny! (Score:2, Funny)
12345?! That's incredible! That's the same combination I use on my luggage!
Things To Never Use (Score:3, Funny)
MEMORANDUM
From: Information Services
To: All personell
Re: Secure computing practices
The following, found during a routine review of our authentication system, are insecure and should never be used:
Avoid anything on this list. Any personell using anything on this list will be required to attend a mandatory fnord security training class, and may possibly face reprimands for repeat offenses.
no qwerty? (Score:2, Funny)
notobvious (Score:4, Funny)
To be fair, it was just the password to login to the modem server, every customer had an additional real password to actually access the UUCP box behind it.
Re:Top 10 Passwords Not to be Used (Score:3, Funny)
Spaceballs (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Password rules at IBM Watson Research (Score:3, Funny)
Outdated list (Score:2, Funny)
Ah, well, now I've got to change all of my root passwords from youwontguessme to p^$$w0rd. Hey, at least it's not on the list.
Re:Top 10 Passwords Not to be Used (Score:4, Funny)
Posting anonymously to not get myself in trouble... hi mike!
I worked with this engineer, call him mike, who had an account on a customer's machine. He was on vacation when the customer wanted a little help with that machine. The other engineer and I call mike to get his login and password to do some remote maintenance. Mike is reluctant to tell us the password. We think he's just being secretive, until he asks to be taken off speaker phone so he can tell us. His password: bigblackdonkeydick.
Sometimes password isn't so bad...