Password is a secret
code that must be protected. Many
negative things can happen
when your password leak into the
hands of others. Learn 7 tips to keep
it brief.
1. Not Using Default Password
The default password is the
password that we can be the first
time. This default password should
indeed be quickly replaced because
of very vulnerable. The reason, the
default password can be easily
searched on google search, even
there are listed the name of a
machine, type and default password
with a magnificent plastered on
some website creators vendors.
Sometimes administrators fear of
forgetting to change-change the
default password, so that an
intruder can take over the system
with default passwords.
Wearing 2.Not Password Hint
Sometimes we are afraid to forget
the password that was our entry
into the system / account, so we
need to create a reminder if we
forget the password. Now this is
called password reminder Hint, if
we create a password hint question
with this then we can quickly recall
these forgotten passwords.
Likewise with the hackers, they'll
experiment with us to guess the
password in the password hint
questions, over time the password
will be predictable, if the questions
listed in the password hint can be
answered by the guesst
password.
Writing 3.Not Password
Owners are often afraid to forget
your password with the password
has been entered, so the owner
would write different passwords
user id and password into other
media such as a notebook, notepad,
Stickies (mac), password folders,
books, mobile phones and other.
It is also quite vulnerable to leaking.
Why vulnerable? Because if the
various equipment is lost, then all
information about a user id and
password are sooner or later will be
known by the thief equipments /
gadgets are missing.
4.Use a Strong
Password
Owner passwords often using a
short password only, if it could be
shorter than 3 characters then the
user will give a short password.
Fortunately this time the system
provides a minimum password
length of 6 characters and a
maximum of 254 characters. The
longer a password the stronger it
will be the password security.
Strong passwords can be created
with a combination of numbers and
letters and even a variety of other
characters. Some admins are
currently using a password that is
long enough, coupled with
encryption such as PGP key and
others, so it is quite difficult to guess
password.
5.Often Change Password
Owners should periodically change
your password for authentication
password, the more frequent
password changes, the better,
because the more difficult the
guess password hacking
account / your system. Changes to
the password depends on the
owner, could be a week, a month,
three months, and others. Originally
the owner does not forget the
password that was changed earlier.
6.Not Using Same Password
on Multiple Accounts
Owners often forget and sometimes
passwords frequently enough to
create an account, so they each
create a new account using the
same user id and password are the
same, this is very vulnerable and
dangerous. Because these
passwords through a single
account, all accounts will be taken
by the hacker.
7. Using Password Management
To help recall the various
passwords and various accounts,
we are often very difficult, but not to
worry because it has many current
applications to help organize our
passwords. This application can be
downloaded for free from the
internet and paid, so that regardless
of our account and whatever we
can with the password easy to
remember and re-opened, of
course, to open it with an
encryption method as well.
*) The author is IGN Mantra, Senior
Analyst Network Security and Traffic
Monitoring Internet ID-SIRTII once
Lecturer Network Security and
Cybercrime.
