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As part of the switch to Live@Edu your are required to change your password and choose a complex password. Instructions for changing your password can be found on the How to Change Your Password page. This page describes some tips on choosing a strong password.
You account ID and password are the two items protecting the privacy of your records and correspondence. Unfortunately, we live in a world where people hope to obtain your private information by gaining access to your computerized information. The “strength” of your password is one of the primary mechanisms you can use to combat this problem and protect your personal information.
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The longer your password, the harder it is to crack. Use a minimum of eight (8) characters.
Include upper and lowercase letters, punctuation, and numbers. Select a letter to capitalize at random; try to avoid the first letter.
These are easy to guess. If you are going to spell-out a word or phrase, remove letters, replace them with numbers, or deliberately misspell the word or phrase. For example, "I Hate Peas" can become "eyeH8pEEz".
This includes birthdates, names of family members or pets, and address information. Try an acronym instead. Example: "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" becomes "yctaodnt".
A good rule of thumb is to change passwords every six months.
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Be creative and make it fun at the same time. For instance, build your password with the first or last letters from a favorite phrase, poem, title, song or something else significant to you. To strengthen it even more, change some of the letters to uppercase, numeric or punctuation characters.
Construct a password around the Beatles' song "We all live in a Yellow Submarine."
Use the first letter of each word, add the initial of the artists and the year the song was released, and your well-constructed password becomes "Bwaliays1968".
This is a password that's easy for you to remember, so there is no need to write it down, yet it is very difficult to guess.
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| tbdbitl
| Tb$B17l! |
| whiskers
| k!TTy,whi#Kers |
| governator
| goVern8Tor2! |
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