Passwords

It's Monday morning and you've barely managed to type in your network password while trying to wake up with hot coffee that just burned your tongue. And when you think you've managed to not mispell the password (the imaginative password of "princess5" in honor of your bulldog), a window pops up telling you that it's time again to change your password. You dutifully type in "princess6" and try to get on with your Monday.

According to David Utter of SecurityProNews.com, the days of needing to change passwords frequently should be over. In his article, Password Change Myth Discounted (http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderreports/insider/spn-49-20060424PasswordChangeMythDiscounted.html), he states that it's better policy now to create one secure password (i.e., not your high school nickname) and stick with it.

So, armed with this suggestion, here is a article from Sarah Scalet at CSOonline.com on how to create that unguessable password (or code) and still be able to remember it: http://csoonline.com/read/120105/ht_passwords.html. It may take a little more thought now, but just think how much more secure personalized gibberish is than "princess5."