Information Security: Principles and Practices 2nd Edition by Jim Breithaupt, Mark S. Merkow

Exercise 19

Which of the following would be the best password?

A. golf001

B. Elizabeth

C. tlme4g01f

D. password

Step 1 of 2

Best password

A password should contain the following characteristics:

• The password must contain uppercase letters such as A, B, C, D;

• The password must contain lowercase letters such as a, b, c, d;

• The password must contain numerals such as 1, 2, 3;

• The password must contain special characters such as $, ?, &, #; and

• The password must contain alt characters such as , £, Æ.

Thus, t1me4g01f contains letters plus some numeric values that are mixed randomly, hence making this password stronger to break. Thus, t1me4g01f is a strong best password to break by attackers.

Hence, the correct option is C. t1me4g0lf.