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Passwords That Should Never Be Used
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."
I worked ISP tech support and the one I remember showing up way too often was:
thx1138
I use PASSWORD for everything.
10. iluvalqueda
9. idareyoutoguessthis
8. oldfattylumpkinwhosewisenoseledushere
7. *******
6. (my actual password)
5. cowboyneal
4. pencil
3. neo
2. secret
1. password
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
(January)
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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
Here come da fudge!