Class 10 Assignment: Grade Your Password

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Time for a stomach check: Are you using weak passwords?

Use this site, and report out on the score your IPVM password gives you. Here is mine:

Based on those results, give two areas you need to improve to make your password tougher.

For example, I should decrease using 'Sequential Numbers' (My password has two numerals sequential to each other) that are easier to guess, and I should use more 'Middle Symbols' (special characters taken from the middle of a QWERTY keyboard) that are less common.

No Information Is Kept

This application uses JavaScript that does not store any passwords or sends them anywhere and uses your local browser only. The page's source code is posted on GitHub for public use/scrutiny and is simply an educational tool.

However, if you are not comfortable punching in your IPVM password into this site; do not do it. Instead, use something you think might be a useful password. Report out on that result here instead.

Need To Change IPVM Passwords?

If you'd like to request a change to your IPVM password based on the results here, use this link to change your password.

At no point do I or any other IPVM admin have visibility/knowledge of your password, so keep it confidential!

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Paul Petinga

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Mike Harris

IPVMU Certified

I need more characters as I only have 8. Should have a min. of 12

I need to use upper case letters, presently I use only Lower case

I need to use middle numbers

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Steve Saltzgiver

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not sure I need to change anything

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Matt Hurly

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Looks like I need to either move or add symbols to make my password stronger.

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Corey Schnetzler

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Tim Will

IPVMU Certified

I'm pretty confident with this password. I could add more characters to increase the strength, but, I think I'm ok with these results.

This is one of the perks of using a password management app that generates strong unique passwords and stores them in an encrypted vault.

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Bob Dingwall

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Chris Kelly

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William K Dietrich Jr

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I should have a stronger password.

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Doug Jackson

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I should add more characters to reach recommended character count as well as add symbols to my password.

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Monica Pearson

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Unfortunately, my password is considered weak. I need to fix my password so that the numbers are not sequential. In addition, I didn't realize this, but apparently some of the characters are vulnerably too close together on the keyboard. Good to know.

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Steven Ballard

IPVMU Certified

I should add more complexity to the base password.

Assignment 10

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Huey Khoon Pan

•Feb 18, 2017

Seems like the password I have is weak.

Need to increase character count to 12 or more.

Middle Symbols and number should be included to further strengthen it.

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Brian Boucherle

•Feb 18, 2017

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According to the legend, my password met a good chunk of the criteria but still has much room for improvement. One would be character count, where adding an additional 2 characters would greatly improve my score. Another would be to use numbers in the middle of my password, which in sure quite the common issue for most user passwords.

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Nizarmohamed Raj Mohamed

•Feb 19, 2017

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my password Score

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Nick Salandra

•Feb 19, 2017

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John Scanlan

In reply to Nick Salandra

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Nick - the picture you posted had your password showing in clear text. I cropped it out.

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John Saunders

•Feb 19, 2017

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Visibility:	Hide
Before Redundancy Score:	54.5
Redundancy:	1.1
Entropy:	56
Original Score:	54.5
Score:	54%
Complexity:	Fair

Type	Description	Minimum	Count	Bonus	Penalty	Rating
T	Basic Requirements	4	5	10	0	+20
T	Character Count*	8	9	0	-10	+0.5
T	Recommended Character Count	12	9	0	-10	-16
T	Lowercase Letters*	1	4	10	0	+10
T	Uppercase Letters*	1	2	10	0	+10
T	Number of Numerics*	1	2	10	0	+10
T	Number of Symbols*	1	1	10	0	+10
T	Number of Middle Numbers	1	1	10	0	+10
T	Number of Middle Symbols	1	0	10	0	0
B	Sequential Letters		0	0	-10	0
B	Sequential Numbers		0	0	-10	0
B	Keyboard Patterns used		0	0	-10	0
B	Sequence was repeated		0	0	-10	0
B	Sequence was mirrored		0	0	-10	0
B	Year patterns found		0	0	-10	0

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Angel Estrada

IPVMU Certified

Evaluate Your Password

Password:			Top of Form Store Bottom of Form
Visibility:			Show Hide
Before Redundancy Score:			91
Redundancy:			1.1
Entropy:			86
Original Score:			91
Score:			91%
Complexity:			Strong
	Type	Description		Minimum	Count	Bonus	Penalty	Rating
	T	Basic Requirements		4	5	10	0	+20
	T	Character Count*		8	14	0	-10	+3
	T	Recommended Character Count		12	14	0	-10	+8
	T	Lowercase Letters*		1	7	10	0	+10
	T	Uppercase Letters*		1	3	10	0	+10
	T	Number of Numerics*		1	3	10	0	+10
	T	Number of Symbols*		1	1	10	0	+10
	T	Number of Middle Numbers		1	1	10	0	+10
	T	Number of Middle Symbols		1	1	10	0	+10
	B	Sequential Letters			0	0	-10	0
	B	Sequential Numbers			0	0	-10	0
	B	Keyboard Patterns used			0	0	-10	0
	B	Sequence was repeated			0	0	-10	0
	B	Sequence was mirrored			0	0	-10	0
	B	Year patterns found			0	0	-10	0

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Josh Bertelson

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Josh Bertelson

I need to change my year count pattern and not use sequential numbers.

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Mark Stokes

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Fredrik Lundqvist

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For my IPVM log-in password it looks like I could use a few more characters and use one more "Middle Numbers".

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Mark Bolton

IPVMU Certified

Unfortunately my password came up as weak. I need to increase character count, number of symbols, number of middle numbers and the number of middle symbols.

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Romano Clark

IPVMU Certified

Evaluate Your Password

Password:	Store
Visibility:	Show Hide
Before Redundancy Score:	54.5
Redundancy:	1.1
Entropy:	77
Original Score:	54.5
Score:	54%
Complexity:	Fair

Type	Description	Minimum	Count	Bonus	Penalty	Rating
T	Basic Requirements	4	4	10	0	+18
T	Character Count*	8	13	0	-10	+2.5
T	Recommended Character Count	12	13	0	-10	+4
T	Lowercase Letters*	1	8	10	0	+10
T	Uppercase Letters*	1	1	10	0	+10
T	Number of Numerics*	1	4	10	0	+10
T	Number of Symbols*	1	0	10	0	0
T	Number of Middle Numbers	1	0	10	0	0
T	Number of Middle Symbols	1	0	10	0	0
B	Sequential Letters		0	0	-10	0
B	Sequential Numbers		0	0	-10	0
B	Keyboard Patterns used		0	0	-10	0
B	Sequence was repeated		0	0	-10	0
B	Sequence was mirrored		0	0	-10	0
B	Year patterns found		0	0	-10	0

Legend

	This criteria failed. You should change your password to match it.
	Your password passed this criteria.
	The criteria is exceeded. Your password does well in this category.
	This color marks the recent criteria changes to inform you about the influence of your last modifications.
T	This is a triple state criteria. It has the states Failed, Passed, and Exceeded.
B	This is a binary state criteria. It has the states Failed and Passed. So it can be only violated.
*	This is one of the basic requirements.

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LLOYD O'MEALLY

IPVMU Certified

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This is for the office laptop. understand that this is weak but we are required to change every month so its becomes quite a tedious task.

Password:	Store
Visibility:	Show Hide
Before Redundancy Score:	28
Redundancy:	1
Entropy:	71
Original Score:	28
Score:	28%
Complexity:	Weak

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Michael Bailey

Stat Security Solutions LLC • IPVMU Certified

I could use some lowercase letter and some non-sequential numbers. Not my best showing here.

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Darin Honeycutt

I actually thought I had a good one. WOW!

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Bill Rosell

Password:	Store
Visibility:	Hide
Before Redundancy Score:	-48
Redundancy:	0.00
Entropy:	0
Original Score:	-48
Score:	0%
Complexity:	Very Weak

Type	Description	Minimum	Bonus	Penalty	Rating
T	Basic Requirements	4	10	0	0
T	Character Count*	8	0	-10	-14
T	Recommended Character Count	12	0	-10	-34
T	Lowercase Letters*	1	10	0	0
T	Uppercase Letters*	1	10	0	0
T	Number of Numerics*	1	10	0	0
T	Number of Symbols*	1	10	0	0
T	Number of Middle Numbers	1	10	0	0
T	Number of Middle Symbols	1	10	0	0
B	Sequential Letters		0	-10	0
B	Sequential Numbers		0	-10	0
B	Keyboard Patterns used		0	-10	0
B	Sequence was repeated		0	-10	0
B	Sequence was mirrored		0	-10	0
B	Year patterns found		0	-10	0

Legend

	This criteria failed. You should change your password to match it.
	Your password passed this criteria.
	The criteria is exceeded. Your password does well in this category.
	This color marks the recent criteria changes to inform you about the influence of your last modifications.
T	This is a triple state criteria. It has the states Failed, Passed, and Exceeded.
B	This is a binary state criteria. It has the states Failed and Passed. So it can be only violated.
*	This is one of the basic requirements.

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John Scanlan

IPVM • IPVMU Certified

In reply to Bill Rosell

Bill - it appears that you took a screen shot with the password field empty, and therefore not an accurate score. Please try again and let me know if you have questions - I am happy to help.

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Jim Walsh

IPVMU Certified

To make my password better I should thinking about adding a symbol to the password and add numbers in the middle

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Thomas Atkinson

IPVMU Certified

Use more of an assortment of characters, caps and numbers.

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Eric Rasmussen

IPVMU Certified

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Password:	Store
Visibility:	Show
Before Redundancy Score:	72
Redundancy:	1.5
Entropy:	74
Original Score:	72
Score:	72%
Complexity:	Good

Type	Description	Minimum	Count	Bonus	Penalty	Rating
T	Basic Requirements	4	5	10	0	+20
T	Character Count*	8	12	0	-10	+2
T	Recommended Character Count	12	12	0	-10	0
T	Lowercase Letters*	1	8	10	0	+10
T	Uppercase Letters*	1	1	10	0	+10
T	Number of Numerics*	1	1	10	0	+10
T	Number of Symbols*	1	2	10	0	+10
T	Number of Middle Numbers	1	1	10	0	+10
T	Number of Middle Symbols	1	0	10	0	0
B	Sequential Letters		0	0	-10	0
B	Sequential Numbers		0	0	-10	0
B	Keyboard Patterns used		0	0	-10	0
B	Sequence was repeated		0	0	-10	0
B	Sequence was mirrored		0	0	-10	0
B	Year patterns found		0	0	-10	0

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Chris-Talbert Golding

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Ryan Jones

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Arun Chemmarathil

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THOMAS JOS C

IPVMU Certified

I have to increase the character count, reduce the number of lower case letters,

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Raymond Bennett

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Neeley Woods

•Feb 23, 2017

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gary Martin

•Feb 23, 2017

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My Password Score was 37%. By changing a full name by adding a Zero for the letter o, and adding a special Character, I increased my score to 72%

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gary Martin

•Feb 23, 2017

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Before

After

I changed a name by adding a Zero in place of the letter o, and added and Special Character.

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Jason Pfau

•Feb 24, 2017

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It appears that my password needs four additional characters to meet the minimum character count of twelve.
The count of middle numbers is also too low. At least one number should be placed between part of the text. Great to see this sort of feedback especially when generating new passwords.

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James Viguerie

•Feb 24, 2017

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Mine came out pretty good. I could increase the character count to make it even better.

PWD Check

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Evan Stichler

•Feb 27, 2017

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Scored Fair...looks like I need to add additional characters and middle characters:

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Warrick Manners

•Feb 27, 2017

Here is my rating.

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Mario Cazares

•Feb 28, 2017

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I received a score of 30% and my password complexity is "weak".

I need to add 4 more characters in total, one of which should be a symbol (preferably a middle symbol).

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Steve Hood

•Feb 28, 2017

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Apparently it is time for me to change passwords.

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Eric Rasmussen

•Mar 01, 2017

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Evaluate Your Password

Password:	Store
Visibility:	Hide
Before Redundancy Score:	59.5
Redundancy:	1.4
Entropy:	68
Original Score:	59.5
Score:	59%
Complexity:	Fair

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Jordan Mumford

•Mar 02, 2017

IPVMU Certified

I need more characters, symbols, and/or middle numbers and symbols.

I'm weak!!!

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John O'Connor

IPVMU Certified

I think I'll have to work on this:

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Joshua Basgall

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Mike Saltzgiver

IPVMU Certified

This appear like I am strong enough I could put numbers in the middle but it would change my ability to remember it.

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Dave DiRocco

IPVMU Certified

Interesting how this tool works.

The password for my SiriusXM is stronger than the one for my bank accounts. Time to make some changes.

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