From: Paul Navarre (focus-msnetinteraction.com)
Date: Tue Jun 29 2004 - 23:12:23 CDT

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> > So, a few tips on choosing
> something easy
> to
> > remember and hard to crack, and obfuscating their dogs name might be
> nice
> > :)

The trick I tell people is to pick a song, and then take the first letter of each word in the chorus
(or whatever comes to mind when you think of the song).

For example, take American Pie:

Well, bye bye Miss American Pie

wbbmap

I'm not even sure that's how the song really goes, but it doesn't make any difference. That's how I
remember it.

There are lots of tricks to make it tougher too. Add a favorite number and put it in the middle (or
the end or wherever you can remember it):

wbb3map

Maybe use the first two words of the next line with a comma (or period or colon or whatever) where
the line break occurs:

wbb3map,dm

Finally, capatalize the first letter on each line.

Wbb3map,Dm

And no, I have never used this particular password :-)

The first part, taking a song lyric, is not my idea. I can't remember where I read it, so I'm sorry
I can't give credit where credit is due.

Paul Navarre

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