Passwords

your passwords

some hints like min. 8 letters, combined with numbers etc.

default passwords

The most common default password is <blank> or the 'Enter' password. (Don't forget to try just because its seem to be too easy to be true.)

default password list

• Website with a huge collection of default passwords for routers, AP's, switches etc. Sorted by manufactor.

Things NOT to do

where passwords should NOT be

1. on a post-it sticker attached to the monitor
2. in public dumpfiles of mediawikis [1]
3. on this wiki page ;)
4. tattooed to your forhead
5. the name of your new born child
6. your mantra
7. in a dictionary

what passwords u should NOT use

A common passwords list by Openwall Project public domain

This is a list of over 3000 passwords most commonly seen on a set of Unix systems in mid-1990s, sorted for decreasing number of occurrences (that is, more common passwords are listed first).

FTP archives:

• ftp://ftp.openwall.com/pub/wordlists/ (and its mirrors)
• ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/wordlists/
• ftp://ftp.zedz.net/pub/crypto/wordlists/

derived exclusively from the ox.ac.uk archive above, but files uncompressed

• ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/dict/

includes the ox.ac.uk archive and more

Warning: ironical

Examples: Good Passwords

something like

susi
peter
123456
qwertz/qwerty
asdfg
letmein
admin
root
irule
owned

or

(very good one)
g33k