As part of our continued effort to keep your CCAD account and data safe, we have adopted a passphrase approach to securing our accounts. This page provides tips, guidelines and best practices to use when selecting a strong and memorable passphrase.
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New passphrase
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guidelines
As of June 23, 2021, when your password is changed or reset, the new passphrase needs to meet the following requirements. Existing passwords will not be changed at this time.
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What’s the difference between a password and a passphrase?A passphrase is a sentence-like string of characters that is longer than a traditional password. Why not call it a password?We’re trying to establish good habits when creating new passwords, so they are resistant to guessing or automated attacks that could result in your account being compromised or loss of data. Why are we using a passphrase approach?The term “passphrase” emphasizes the most important aspect of a password’s ability to protect your account: length. A 32-character password with all lowercase letters is actually much more secure than a 10-character password that contains uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols. For an explanation of why this is true, check out this informative xkcd comic. |
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Note that you can control some variables about the generation scheme, such as capitalization at the start of words and length in words of the passphrase.
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Wikipedia article on passphrases:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passphrase
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