A Fascinating Article About Passwords [1]

How do you choose a good password? And what's meant by "good" anyway? Is a long password better than a short one? What about a long one that consists of many short words?

If you've ever wondered how hackers manage to crack passwords, and why some are more difficult to crack than others, there's a fascinating article at http://www.baekdal.com/tips/password-security-usability [3] which is a very interesting read.

My thanks to reader Geert for alerting me to this.