Strong Password (how to create and use them)

Strong passwords are always important to be able to create especially when you have a password that is used for something very valuable like your safe for example. Using strong passwords lowers your risk of being hacked or someone guessing your password and getting information about you. Increasing the number of possible symbols from which random passwords are chosen will increase the strength of generated passwords of any given length. Passwords that are too difficult to remember may be forgotten which means they would probably be written down somewhere which is a security risk of someone seeing it. Choosing good passwords are designed so that it is hard for someone to guess it even if they are intelligent. 

Some guidelines for choosing good strong passwords are as followed: 


- minimum password length of 12-14 characters 
- include numbers, and symbols if allowed
- avoid using the same password for different things, always choose different passwords, and you choose whether or not you should write them down. 


Some people say to write down your passwords, and other say not to because if you lose that piece of paper you wrote it on you could be in lots of trouble. If you do write your password down, be sure to keep it somewhere safe where no one else can take it. 
                                                      

               Weak Passwords include: 

                                                 - dictionary words that are easy to guess

                                                 - common sequences from the keyboard, and identifiers are what not to use 

-"Password Strength." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 05 Dec. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength>.