1. The Password Game CSC 596: Computing Security By Ray Myers

2. Your Password More than one password? Assigned to you or chosen by you? Changed…  Weekly  Monthly  3 Months  Never

3. Your Password Known to…  Yourself only  Your roommate and/or significant other  Your boss  Your systems administrator  One other co-worker or fellow Student  Entire population of Pittsburgh

4. Your Password Memorized or cribbed  File on your hard drive  In a desk drawer  On your PDA  Post-it on your monitor  “Memorized” by Windows

5. Your Password Is Your Password:  Your name  Your significant other’s name  Your dog’s name  Your birthday  Your birthday – backwards  Your favorite singer  Any word in the English Language

6. Your Password If you answered YES to more than ONE of the questions above, the average “Life Expectancy” of your password is about 17 MINUTES!

7. Your Password Does Your Password Contain…  A random letter pattern  Both letters and numbers  Letters, numbers, and symbols IF you answered YES to one or more of the above, your password’s “Life Expectancy” just improved to about 3.4 days!