Re: Malware

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

7. Do not use -any- of these in picking your password:

	Birthdays
	Anniversaries
	children's names
	wives' names
	pets' names
	phone numbers
	social security numbers
	addresses

8. Do not use the answers to any of the common identifying questions:

	pets' names
	wife's maiden name
	grandparents' name
	college you went to
	name of your hometown

8. Do not use -any- of these passwords:

	123456
	123456789
	qwerty
	password
	1234567
	12345678
	iloveyou

To explain why you should not use any of the answers to the items in #8....

These days, it's rare to know a lot of the personal details about how 
and where a person grew up.  People don't get a job in the same town 
where they grew up; their schoolmates aren't around to tell about 
those embarassing events in school.

Well...  my parents did not stay in their home towns...  but their 
legacies live on.  One time I had to send flowers to my mother's 
family in her home town.  Rather than just use 1-800-FlowersRus, I 
looked up the number of the local florist in her home town.  I called 
up to order flowers.

The lady who took my order knew the family where I was sending 
flowers, and when I gave her my name, she said, "Oh, you're Catherine 
Shultz's boy!"

She knew of me, knew my mother, and the family.

So much for names and relations from your childhood being 'secret words!'

That's why I make up memorable names for the answers to the questions in #8.

--Paul E Musselman