{"id":21926,"date":"2024-01-10T09:39:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T07:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/?p=21926"},"modified":"2023-07-27T09:41:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T07:41:21","slug":"choosing-a-secure-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/en\/choosing-a-secure-password\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a secure password"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there’s anything that gives you a headache, it’s the different passwords for each website.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To add an extra factor, all sites have their own rules regarding password security.<\/p>\n

Some common requirements we see:<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Using an uppercase letter (UppercaseLetters)<\/li>\n
  2. Combining letters and numbers (eaad 8934)<\/li>\n
  3. The password must contain symbols (*&$!)<\/li>\n
  4. The password must not exceed 9 characters<\/li>\n
  5. It must be longer than 11 characters…<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Sigh…<\/span><\/p>\n

    Can you choose one password that is accepted on every website?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Having one password that works on all sites is not possible..
    \n(And not safe, but that’s beside the point)<\/p>\n

    Why not?<\/strong>
    \nBecause there are many contradictions between sites, where one site requires more than 8 letters\/numbers, and another site indicates an 8-character limit.<\/p>\n

    So, it is advisable to use 2-5 variations.<\/p>\n

    Creating a strong password<\/h2>\n

    \"wordpress<\/a><\/p>\n

    With the following tip, you can come up with a strong password:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    A phrase, for example:
    \n2ENORMEnijlpaarden!<\/em>
    \n\u2714 letters
    \n\u2714 numbers
    \n\u2714 uppercase letter
    \n\u2714 special character
    \n(You will remember this one after 4 weeks \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

    It is important that you can remember it yourself. This works best with phrases that make sense to you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    80&$&()JKL is not easy to remember!<\/p>\n

    But 33nZ1n is!<\/p>\n

    Note that spaces are not allowed in a password, and the password must contain at least 8-10 characters (numbers or letters), which is a requirement that works on most sites.<\/p>\n

    So, in summary<\/h2>\n

    For most sites, you’re good with 8-11 characters\/numbers\/uppercase letters.<\/p>\n

    C<\/span>ombine these for a strong password.<\/p>\n

    Do not write it down online or in your email, just write it on an old-fashioned piece of paper and keep it in a safe!<\/p>\n

    But NOT like this!<\/h2>\n

    \"wordpress<\/a><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. No birthdates<\/li>\n
    2. No first or last names<\/li>\n
    3. No first name with 123 after it<\/li>\n
    4. Don’t use your name spelled backward<\/li>\n
    5. No aaa sss or qwerty123<\/li>\n
    6. No dictionary words!!<\/li>\n
    7. D0n’t r3pl4c3 l3tt3rs w1th numb3rs<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Why not?<\/strong><\/p>\n

      If your name, birthdate<\/strong>, or other info is in a profile, a hacking script will first use that information to generate and test your password.<\/p>\n

      Next, it will try standard keyboard combinations<\/strong> that many people use, such as qqq www -or- qwerty -or- 12345, etc.<\/p>\n

      Then, the script will use the dictionary<\/strong> from a txt file and try those words on a website to hack your account.<\/p>\n

      Finally, the script will replace your name with numbers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      If there’s anything that gives you a headache, it’s the different passwords for each website. To add an extra factor, all sites have their own rules regarding password security. Some common requirements we see: Using an uppercase letter (UppercaseLetters) Combining letters and numbers (eaad 8934) The password must contain symbols (*&$!) The password must not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23019,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21926\/revisions\/23019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpbeveiligen.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}