{"id":6704,"date":"2021-05-31T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T22:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/callmebog\/?p=6704"},"modified":"2021-05-31T15:40:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T22:40:01","slug":"passwords-and-passphrases-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/callmebog\/2021\/05\/31\/passwords-and-passphrases-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Passwords and Passphrases – Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passwords
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Passphrases<\/span>
\n!!<\/strong><\/span> SECURITY !!
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                My password is … ‘password’<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Almost every single day, there is news of a new security breach somewhere, and that includes Canada too. And just one aspect of computer security is using a VERY difficult to guess password or passphrase. <\/p>\n

What is the difference? To make a long passphrase short … IS<\/strong><\/em><\/span> a password! Passphrases are longer and are often REQUIRED to be longer than the passwords that we have become familiar with. <\/p>\n

In fact, coming soon to a UVic keyboard near you, will be new password\/passphrase requirements<\/a><\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\n