Password creation hint #4: Acrostics
Published: 8-23-2012 11:00 am
Password
creation tip #4: Acrostics
For
those of you who are fans of Will Shortz or the Sunday Puzzle on NPR, this
password creation hint is for you! Take a favorite phrase from literature or a
movie, make an acrostic from it, mix the case and add a number or special
character (or you could use some leetspeak from password tip #1).
For
example:
Now
is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country - (for those of
us who actually took typing classes in our far distant youth) -
Here
are more examples, but in honor of Will Shortz - can you cite the phrase from
which the acrostic was developed? Winners who accurately name the phrase will
receive a free password change from the help desk at a time convenient for
them.
Nittfagm!
(Or if you are fond of really long passwords you could do the whole thing -
Nittfagmtcttaotc!)
Anwyccdfy% (1960s American
politics)
ORR!watR (Brit Lit)
H.mniIM.ykmf.ptd (from one of the most
quotable movies ever made and one of my personal favorites)
Whtpcheah!
(We hope these password creation hint
e-mails are helpful!)
JD
