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Passwords That Should Never Be Used

Posted by timothy on from the not-even-worth-trading-for-chocolate dept.

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."

2 of 239 comments (clear)

  1. Re:missed one... by Prior+Restraint · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm sure a thousand people will reply, but here: THX 1138.

  2. Re:huh? by m.koch · · Score: 5, Informative
    Q54arwms is a commonly used password? Is this some part of the collective unconscious I'm unaware of? Half the things in the list seem like they came out of a random generator, yet they are common?

    As google told me, these are default passwords from this list which is in fact much more useful.