Speaking of security(ish) things (which I was), in one of those annoyingly regular events, I had to change my AD password yesterday.
So I changed it from one incorrectly-spelt, mixed-case Welsh town (with two numbers and three special characters).
For the new password I chose another incorrectly-spelt, mixed-case Welsh town (with two other numbers and three other special characters).
Trouble is I can’t remember where I put the mis-spelling in the new password.
And it’s a longer placename than any of the easy choices:
Cwmystwyth
Bwlch (or Bwlchgwyn)
Rhydymwyn
Twyn
Ynysybwl
Well, I put that first one into Dashlane and it reckons a month to crack. And that’s without it being butchered with special characters.
Welsh place names obviously make great p455w0rDs!
According to https://howsecureismypassword.net/ my last password would take 429 billion years to crack…