How to Test your password In Windows XP
To protect services on the Web or in your everyday life, you use passwords. To verify that a password is very secure and it offers effective protection, you can use a tester password.
- In your Web browser, go to the address http://www.microsoft.com/protect/you...d/checker.mspx.
- Enter the password to test in the password field.
- The effectiveness of your password is then indicated. For better protection, your password must be BEST.
- According to Microsoft, a secure password should appear as a random string of characters for the attacker. It must contain 14 or more characters (8 characters minimum). It should include a combination of lowercase, uppercase, numbers and symbols.
Re: How to Test your password In Windows XP
Hello , I have tested my Password It Was Shown As Medium , I was Just Wondering that i was haing 8 digit password and it was as showm as medim How much Difficult to get is tested as stong?
Re: How to Test your password In Windows XP
Quote:
Originally Posted by
WarHammer
Hello , I have tested my Password It Was Shown As Medium , I was Just Wondering that i was haing 8 digit password and it was as showm as medim How much Difficult to get is tested as stong?
A strong password should appear to be a random string of characters to an attacker. It should be 14 characters or longer, (eight characters or longer at a minimum). It should include a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.