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What is a good password?
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You have a responsibility to make sure that your account is not
cracked by choosing a good password. If your account is cracked you may
be putting other peoples information at risk. Password security isn't just a matter of thinking up a nice word and
keeping it to yourself. You must choose a password which will be
difficult for someone else to guess or crack. You must never give your password to somebody else. You must never send your password to somebody using email.
A good password is 8
characters long, includes numbers, upper and lower case letters and
punctuation. It also has to be easy to remember.
Note: Whilst longer passwords are better, some systems
truncate them to 8 characters. Be careful if you use more that 8
characters for your password.
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How do you choose a good password?
- Your password is vital to the security of the computer systems you use. If your account is cracked because you chose a weak password then other people's information and systems may be at risk. This how to covers the choice of a good password that is easy to remember but difficult to guess or crack.
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Changing your EECE passwords
- Changing your eeserver and samba passwords. Your eeserver password is used for email, calendar, proxy and EECE dialin (not cyllene). The samba password is used for smb (windows) file sharing access to files on eeserver.
