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Choosing a password

A password MUST be 8 characters long and MUST contain at least one number and one UPPER case letter.

It MUST NOT contain more than 3 repeated characters.

• Do use a password with numbers as well as letters but do not use spaces.
• Do use a password that is easy to remember, so that you dont' need to write it down.
• Do use a password that you can type in quickly.
• Don't use your username in any form (as is, reversed, capitalised, doubled, etc).
• Don't use your first name or last name in any form.
• Don't use other easily obtained information about yourself (eg car registration, street name, telephone number).
• Don't use anyone else’s name.
• Don't use a word contained in a dictionary, spelling list, or other list of words.

Choose a line or two from a song or poem, and use the first letter of each word and then include a number. For example, No woman, no cry by Bob Marley becomes “Nwncb1BM”.

Alternate between one consonant and one or two vowels with a number, to a total of eight characters. This provides nonsense words that are usually pronounceable, and thus easily remembered. Examples include Rout2Boo, quad4POP, etc.

Read Regulation 21 on Use of University Computing Facilities and the Campus Network.

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