Memilih Kata Kunci (Password) Aman
Bismillah, 23 Desember 2011.
Keamanan situs dari serangan virus, hacking dan phising akhir-akhir ini perlu menjdai perhatian kita. Salah satu penyebabnya adalah kemampuan mereka untuk melacak kata kunci (password) yang kita gunakan. Penggunaan kata kunci yang sederhana atau mudah ditebak menjadi kelemahan yang bisa dimanfaatkan untuk memasuki dan mulai mengutak-atik isi sebuah situs. Banyak cara untuk mengatasi dan membatasi tingkat kesulitan akibat virus, hacking dan phising, tetapi yang terpenting sebagai pemanfaat situs, setiap pengguna turut bertanggung-jawab atas penggunaan fasilitas serta keanggotaannya di sebuah site. Melalui tulisan ini kita coba meningkatkan keamanan sebuah site, dengan cara berpartisipasi meningkatkan penggunaan Kata kunci (password) yang lebih aman.
Tulisan ini dikutip dari http://www.dowling.edu/mydowling/tech/good-passwords.html
| Choosing a Secure Password |
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Network Operations Center You are responsible for any activity that originates with your accounts. Therefore it's essential that you choose good passwords and keep them secret. Six essential elements of password security:
A secure password is:
How to Choose a Secure Password: There are plenty of ways to come up with passwords that meets the criteria above. Method 1: Use the first character of each word in a phrase, song or poem to create a "mnemonic". For instance:
It looks like 12 characters of gobbledy-gook, but it's (1) long enough, (2) complex enough, (3) easy enough to remember - so it's a good password. Method 2: Alternate between one consonant and one or two vowels. This provides nonsense words that are usually pronounceable, and thus easily remembered. Examples: routboofip or quadpopgoor. Then exchange some letters for numbers, and capitalize some of the letters: routb00fIP QU@dp0pgooR Method 3: Choose three short words and paste them together with a punctuation and numbers between them. For example:Dog;rain2sit book+Mug=sleep kid5.goaT!fish Search the Internet for "choosing a password" for other methods, and more ideas and information. Some helpful pages are at:
Cambridge University ran an empirical study of passwords, with some interesting results. The short summary: use mnemonic passwords of at least 10 characters. http://www.ftp.cl.cam.ac.uk/ftp/users/rja14/tr500.pdf Here is a list of the "500 worst passwords of all time." If your password is on this list, PLEASE change it right away! Conclusion: Your passwords play a crucial role in protecting your computing accounts and the personal information that can be accessed through them. Choose secure passwords and keep them secret so that you can be sure that only YOU control what goes into and comes out of your accounts. |
Ada baiknya kita mulai memperhatikan kata kunci (password) kita untuk mengamankan fasilitas dan akses ke suatu situs. Terlebih keanggotaan kita di situs jejaring sosial, yang sudah menjadi trendy akhir-akhir ini. Insya Allah peran Anda dalam mengamankan diri melalui penggunaan Kata kunci aman, sekaligus dapat mengamankan situs tempat kita berkarya dan dapat menikmatinya tanpa gangguan.
SAA
