For those who don’t see the reason why, forced password resets lead to users using predictable passwords like “password2025october”, “password2025november”, etc.
Yep. Back when I was being forced to reset my passwords every 90 days, I needed some way to remember the new password, so I developed a strategy like that. Whatever beverage is currently on my desk plus @ plus the time. Water@1257, for example. It’s so nice to have the option to randomly generate a strong password these days.
It’s actually even outright discouraged by NIST.
For those who don’t see the reason why, forced password resets lead to users using predictable passwords like “password2025october”, “password2025november”, etc.
Yep. Back when I was being forced to reset my passwords every 90 days, I needed some way to remember the new password, so I developed a strategy like that. Whatever beverage is currently on my desk plus @ plus the time. Water@1257, for example. It’s so nice to have the option to randomly generate a strong password these days.