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Sharing passwords is a security
risk. Do not divulge your password to any one.
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Enter your user-id password only
in the space provided for- that you are normally used to.
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Do not provide user id passwords
on any page popping up by clicking on a hyperlink received
through email. Better practice would be to log into the
service by typing in the URL (i.e.
http://www.sbbjonline.com ) in the address bar after
making sure the page opening up is from the genuine service
provider.
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Do not store passwords in a file
on ANY computer system (including Palm Pilots or similar
devices) without encryption.
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Change passwords at least once
every 90 (ninety) days
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Unique Characters: An acceptable
password must have at least five (5) different characters.
Repeated characters can make for palindromes and make it
easier to crack.
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Character Types: An acceptable
password must have characters from at least three (3)
different character types -- upper case, lower case, digits,
punctuation, etc. A password that includes a sample from a
rich character set is difficult to crack.
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Long Alpha Sequences: An
acceptable password must not have an alphabetic sequence any
longer than three (3) characters.
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Long Digit Sequences: An
acceptable password must not have a digit sequence any
longer than two (2) characters.
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Forbidden Characters: There are
a few characters that will cause problems if used in a
password - the "delete" character is one of the obvious
ones.
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Writing down your password: One
should never write down a password. Someone may discover the
password. Make the password difficult for others to guess or
crack but easy for you to memorise and remember.
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Passwords should not be any of
the following:
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Dictionary words
(including foreign and technical
dictionaries)
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Name of a person
or a thing, a place, a proper noun, a phone
number or a vehicle number
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Simple pattern
of letters on keyboards
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Any of the above
reversed or concatenated
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