What is a Secure Password ?

A secure password is a password that can not be easily guessed or generated automatically.

Our website passwords require:

• At least 8 characters
• At least one lower case letter (abcdefg etc)
• OR
• At least one upper case letter (ABCDEFG etc)
• OR
• At least one number
• OR
• At least one symbol
• No more than 2 successive identical characters
• At least 4 different letters
• No easily guessed words

The available symbol characters to use are:

! # $ % & ( ) * + - , : ; < = > ? @

Some examples of passwords are:

• li5terine
• dreamwe@ver
• 1nF0rm@tion
• PEEkaboo
• Succubu$
• Felhunt3r
• Warl0ckFTW!

The passwords listed below are NOT secure:

• House2 (shorter than 8 characters)
• whitehouse (does not contain an upper case character, or number, or symbol)
• WINCHESTER (does not contain a lower case character, or number, or symbol)

Please avoid the use of easily guessed passwords such as "Password1"

Last Updated: Wednesday, 8th April 2009