twothirds

Why are passwords so friggin tough.  Everyone has a different standard.  Some want a special character while others will punt if you give them a “$”.  Some want more than eight characters while others want no more than eight.  Over the years, I have failed to come up with that one universal password that works for all sites and systems.  These days, all I can hope for is an easy to use password reset form.  The latest site I struggled with:

Passwords must:

• be at least 6 and no more than 20 characters long.
• contain at least one upper-case character.
• contain at least one lower-case character.
• contain at least one number.
• contain at least one of these special symbols: ^$+*?.|(){}[]\`~!@#%&-_=;:’<>,?/.
• not repeat any of your previous 6 passwords.