Part 4: Advanced Password Tips

Using Master Passwords and Password Generators

Advanced Tips for Designing Strong Passwords:

• If you frequently login to various websites and keep re-using the same password for all of them, check out Nic Wolff’s clever password generator utility here: http://angel.net/~nic/passwd.html
• The idea behind Nic Wolff's utility is to have one “master password” to secure all your other passwords, no matter how many of them you have!
• Although the mathematical encryption is complex, the Master Password itself is easy to use. The whole Wolff Master Password process is explained in a short movie tutorial created by InfoWorld’s Jon Udell here: http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/gems/singleSignOn.html
• Another useful password generator is here: http://motdepasse.site.voila.fr/index.html
• Lastly, Johnston’s neatly updated version of the same password generator can be found here: http://www.hashapass.com/

These utilities are free and none of the passwords you generate with these scripts is transmitted or stored anywhere.

Good luck with keeping your private information private! We can never completely stop hackers or car thieves, but we can certainly make these scoundrels work for it if they want to hack our accounts.