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	How to choose more secure passwords

mcartwright

3-10-2009 3:10 PM

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Poor password choices can lead to disastrous consequences. Improve your password IQ.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/86716bcb-a4bb-4795-b8b4-4c5b2023b352/775CFAFA-74A1-4223-83BE-1426610AB995/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.soliddocuments.com/2009/03/choosing-right-password-for-your-pdf.html" href="http://blog.soliddocuments.com/2009/03/choosing-right-password-for-your-pdf.html" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.soliddocuments.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.soliddocuments.com/2009/03/choosing-right-password-for-your-pdf.html"><H3 class="post-title entry-title">
<A href="http://blog.soliddocuments.com/2009/03/choosing-right-password-for-your-pdf.html">Choosing the Right Password for your PDF file</A>
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