The document discusses how easily passwords can be hacked and provides tips for creating strong passwords. It explains that strong passwords are important for protecting information on computer systems. It then gives suggestions for creating strong passwords, such as using a random password generator, passphrases by combining words and symbols, or pronounceable random passwords. Examples of different types of passwords are also provided, ranging from easy to guess to completely random strings.

1. How Easily Can
Your Password
Be Hacked?
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2. Abstract
› How secure in the password that we use
every day?
› How hard someone guess our password?

3. Credits
› Python™ is a registered trademark of Python
Software Foundation.
› Microsoft® is a registered trademark of
Microsoft Corporation.
› Apple® and Mac® are registered trademarks
of Apple Inc.
› Raspberry Pi® is a trademark of the Raspberry
Pi Foundation.
› Linux® is a registered trademark of Linus
Torvalds.

4. Based on the following cite
› http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-
fair-
projects/project_ideas/CompSci_p046.sht
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5. Introduction
› Strong computer passwords are important
to protect our information on computer
system.

6. How to create strong
passwords
› Use totally random password generator from
an online.
› Think about passphrase which is phrase you
like or a quote from a movie. Then use the first
letter of each words and put in a number or
punctuation in there somewhere.
› Use two completely unrelated words and
separate them by numbers or characters.
› Consider pronounceable random password
Like “USiFiPiZOG”

7. Examples of Password type
› Easy to guess based on personal knowledge:
pie314
› Pronounceable random: USiFiPiZOG
› Completely random (hard to guess) :
9J8LZcWAMzjJQUnD
› Passphrase: T4IdtwiKa (Toto, 4I don't think
we're in Kansas anymore)
› Two unrelated words: deaf+anteater
› Two unrelated words + personal info:
deaf555+4715anteater

8. Refer to Bibliography to write
this presentation
› Imperva Application Defense Center. (2010). Consumer Password
Worst Practices. Retrieved January 9, 2014 from
http://www.imperva.com/download.asp?id=239
› Burnett, M. (2012, September 5). 6 New Password Rules. Xato.
Retrieved January 9, 2014 from https://xato.net/passwords/new-
password-rules
› Burnett, M. (2011, June 13). How I Collect Passwords. Xato.
Retrieved January 9, 2014 from https://xato.net/passwords/how-i-
collect-passwords
› Lucas, I. (2009, July 10). Password Recovery Speeds.
Lockdown.co.uk - The Home Computer Security Centre. Retrieved
January 9, 2014 from http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi
› Shaffer, G. (2012). Good and Bad Passwords How-To. GeodSoft.
Retrieved January 9, 2014 from
http://geodsoft.com/howto/password/cracking_passwords.htm

9. Materials
› Computer with any type of web browser
› Lab notebook
› Pencil or pen
› Calculator
› Optional: Python software running on a
computer. We recommend Python 3, and the
example code we provide is written for
Python 3.
› Optional, but recommended: Python 3
reference book

10. Cracking a Password
› We consider how to crack about cash
box lock has three dials.

11. Cracking method 1
› Count from 0 to 999 and try all patterns to
unlock.

12. Cracking method 2
› Simulate the 62-character dial. The code
start with one dial and tries all 62
possibilities. Next tries all 62^2 possibilities.
After that tries all 62^3 possibilities.

13. Cracking method 3
› Simulate a list of passwords that people
often use.

14. Cracking method 4
› Simulate the combination of words and
other characters. Then use a number or
punctuation in between two words.

15. Finally
› Consider about passwords is very
important for our secure life.