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.)
- 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
- on a post-it sticker attached to the monitor
- in public dumpfiles of mediawikis [1]
- on this wiki page ;)
- tattooed to your forhead
- the name of your new born child
- your mantra
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
includes the ox.ac.uk archive and more
Warning: ironical
Examples: Good Passwords
something like
susi
peter
123456
qwertz/qwerty
asdfg
letmein
or
(very good one)
g33k