Password Security

I like to think that I am pretty computer savvy.

No, scratch that.  I AM computer savvy, if you go by the number of calls that start with "I've just been on my computer and..."  And quite often here, or on various CHD Lists, I can be found banging on about computer security, software, and so on and so on.

So, this morning, going through the blogs I read, I came across Robert Gale's A Welsh View. He'd linked to a site that "rates" your password, telling you how long it'd take to crack.  The password of his he used ranked in at 154 Nonillion Years.  That's 154+ FIFTY FOUR zeros.

Now, I DO tend to use the same two passwords for my security.  The sites I'm not really worried about, I use what I consider a "weak" password, but my proper passwords I use a strong one.  Letters, numbers...

So, I put in my strong password for it to check, and... well...

Robert Gales Password "IN YEARS):

My Password (IN DAYS)

SOMETHING tells me I need to rework my password.

Anyways, the site you want to visit is the How Secure Is My Password site, and see how you rank :D