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- 2. Password On computer systems where multiple users share disk space and system resources, each user is given a computer account. How does the system know who is authorized to access and use this account? The user enters a password. If the user enters the correct password, access is granted. When you first get your account, some computer systems assign a password to you and you can't change it, but on the vast majority of systems, including the UNIX workstations in, it is up to the user to select a password for his or her account. Selecting a strong password is the single most important thing you can do to protect your information from unauthorized access.
- 3. Need of Strong Password if your computer system is connected to the internet, and almost all are today, anyone in the world who can connect to the internet can attempt to access your account by guessing your password. All that is needed is your account name or id, and this information isn't difficult to obtain on many computer systems.
- 4. How to choose a strong password uSE BoTh UppEr and loWEr Case Characters, digits, punctuation, and !@#$%^&* characters (and not just as the last character of you password only) if your computer system allows it. The more complex and random the password is, the harder it is to crack.
- 5. How to choose a strong password You should try to choose a password that uses the maximum number of characters allowed. On UNIX systems, the maximum password length is 8 characters. As a minimum your password should be 6 characters. Change your password regularly Beware of people hanging over your shoulder when you type your pas Don't use a word in the English dictionary or a minor variation on that word.sword.
- 6. How to choose a strong password Never tell your password to anyone. Never write your password down. Don't use simple patterns of adjacent letters on the keyboard.(zxcvb etc.)
- 7. Shoulder Surfing Shoulder surfing refers to a direct observation, such as looking over a person's shoulder, to obtain information. In some cases shoulder surfing is done for no reason other than to get an answer, but in other instances it may constitute a security breach as the the person behind may be gleaning private information such as your PIN at a bank machine, or Credit card information as you enter it into a Web based shopping cart check-out. While shoulder surfing is most common in busy and crowed areas where the perpetrator is not as likely to be caught, shoulder surfing can also be done with the aid of cameras from a more remote location.
- 9. Shoulder Surf-Prevention it is advised to shield paperwork or the keypad from view by using one’s body or cupping one’s hand. When working on a laptop, ensure that your back is to a wall with no open sides close to you or to enter your passwords in a secluded location.
- 10. Piggybacking Piggybacking, in a wireless communications context, is the unauthorized access of a wireless LAN. The usual purpose of piggybacking is simply to gain free network access rather than any malicious intent, but it can slow down data transfer for legitimate users of the network.
- 11. Piggybacking It's quite simple to access an unsecured wireless network: All you have to do is get into the range of a Wi- Fi hotspot's signal and select your chosen network from the options presented. However, unauthorized network access, even to free Wi-Fi, may be illegal. People have been fined for accessing hot spots from outside businesses, such as coffee shops, that provide free Wi-Fi for
- 12. Piggybacking -Prevention To protect your network from piggybacking, ensure that encryption is enabled for yourrouter. Use Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP) if that's your only option, but if possible use Wireless Protected Access (WPA) or WPA2. Use a strong password for your encryption key, consisting of at least 14 characters and mixing letters and numbers.