{"id":2998,"date":"2013-11-22T21:28:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T02:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/11\/22\/password-strength\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T09:39:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:39:42","slug":"password-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/security\/password-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Password Strength and Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Password-Strength-and-Security-Hero-Image-1024x538.png\" alt=\"Password Strength and Security User Guide - Hero Image\" class=\"wp-image-104450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Password-Strength-and-Security-Hero-Image-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Password-Strength-and-Security-Hero-Image-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Password-Strength-and-Security-Hero-Image-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Password-Strength-and-Security-Hero-Image.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These days on the Internet all of your important information could be just a website request away. This is why it\u2019s important as ever to ensure that you\u2019re using a secure password to restrict access to your private information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should keep your <strong>AMP<\/strong>, <strong>cPanel<\/strong>, and <strong>Email<\/strong> passwords secure, as well as any <strong>CMS<\/strong> such as <strong>WordPress<\/strong>. Anything that\u2019s publicly accessible on the Internet should be using a strong password for your security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#How-are-Passwords-Cracked\">How are Passwords Cracked?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Understanding-Password-Strength\">Password Entropy and Understanding Password Strength<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Higher-Entropy\">Creating Stronger Passwords with Higher Entropy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Dictionary-Attacks\">Dictionary Attacks<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#Short-English-Word\">A Short English Word Under a Dictionary Attack<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Long-English-Word\">A Long English Word Under a Dictionary Attack<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Brute-Force-Attack\">A Long English Word Under a Brute Force Attack<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Password-You-Can-Remember\">Create a Strong Password You Can Remember<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#cPanel\">Generate a Random Strong Password in cPanel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s typically better to come up with a secure password that you can actually remember, otherwise you\u2019ll probably rely on writing it down or storing it on your computer which could potentially be hacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"How-are-Passwords-Cracked\">How are Passwords Cracked?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most accounts that have their passwords compromised are not done so by another human being directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead a computer will be tasked with guessing your password, so planning should go in to understanding and then deterring a computer from cracking your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A hacker has a variety of malicious tactics available to them when trying to crack your password. These would be the two most common attacks you see on the Internet today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Attack Type<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">How It Works<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">How to Prevent It<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Brute Force Attack<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">The attacker runs a script that tries again and again to randomly crack your password by sheer brute force.<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">A long password with multiple character sets is the best protection. The higher your password entropy the less likely your password will be compromised by a brute force attack.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Dictionary<br>Attack<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">The attacker utilizes dictionaries of known words or passwords and a script to try them in thousands of combinations until one matches up with the correct password.<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Don\u2019t use common words, or keystrokes such as <strong>qwerty<\/strong> or <strong>123456<\/strong>. Use a combination of multiple character sets to reduce the likelihood of multiple entries pulled for a dictionary matching up successfully.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Understanding-Password-Strength\">Password Entropy and Understanding Password Strength<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the world of computing and passwords, there is something commonly referred to as <strong>password entropy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>define entropy:<\/strong> lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In layman\u2019s terms this basically means the higher your <strong>password entropy<\/strong> the less predictable your password patterns are for a computer, so the stronger and more secure your password is theoretically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a simple equation to demonstrate password entropy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">H<\/mark><\/strong> total binary bits of entropy | <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">L<\/mark><\/strong> length of your password | <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">N<\/mark><\/strong> number of possible symbols in password<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">H<\/mark><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong> = <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">L<\/mark><\/strong> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">N<\/mark><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on how the password was generated, either by a random sequence or a human, this equation can get a lot more complex. But for our purposes here it should work fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Higher-Entropy\">Creating Stronger Passwords with Higher Entropy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowing how entropy is calculated, we can see that doing certain things to our password adds more than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>length<\/strong> of your password can add a lot of entropy to your password, but adding <strong>complexity<\/strong> by using more than one character set can also greatly increase it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why typically most sites require you to use at least one uppercase, one lowercase, one digit, and one special symbol character in your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your typical online account password can be made up of a possible <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">94 characters<\/mark><\/strong> in each character slot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>26 lowercase letters<\/strong><\/td><td>abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>26 uppercase letters<\/strong><\/td><td>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>32 special characters<\/strong><\/td><td>`~!@#$%^&amp;*()-_=+[]{}|;:'\u201d,&lt;.&gt;\/?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>10 numbers<\/strong><\/td><td>0123456789<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Using Digits Only (0-9)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Characters<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Equation<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Bits<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Passwords<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">5<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">5<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">10<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">16.6096<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">100,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">6<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">6<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">10<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">19.9315<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1 Million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">7<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">7<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">10<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">23.2534<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10 Million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">8<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">8<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">10<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">26.5754<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">100 Million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">10<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">39.8631<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1 Trillion<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Using Lowercase Letters Only<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Characters<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Equation<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Bits<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Passwords<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">5<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">5<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">26<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">23.5021<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11.8 Million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">6<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">6<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">26<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">28.2026<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">308.9 Million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">7<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">7<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">26<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">32.9030<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8.3 Billion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">8<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">8<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">26<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">37.6035<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">208.8 Billion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">26<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">56.4052<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">95 Quadrillion<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Using Uppercase and Lowercase Letters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Characters<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Equation<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Bits<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Passwords<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">5<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">5<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">52<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">28.5021<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">360.2 Million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">6<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">6<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">52<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">34.2026<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">19.7 Billion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">7<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">7<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">52<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">39.9030<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1.3 Trillion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">8<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">8<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">52<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">45.6035<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">53.5 Trillion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">52<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">68.4052<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">390 Quintillion<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Using Letters,Digits, and Symbols<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Characters<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Equation<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Bits<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Passwords<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">5<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">5<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">94<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">23.5021<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7.3 Billion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">6<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">6<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">94<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">28.2026<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">689.9 Billion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">7<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">7<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">94<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">32.9030<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">64.8 Trillion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">8<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">8<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">94<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">37.6035<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6 Quadrillion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">94<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">56.4052<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">475 Sextillion<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>This equation includes both uppercase and lowercase letters.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So a <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">6 character password<\/mark><\/strong> using at least 1 character from each possible keyboard character set, is just about as strong as a <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12 character password<\/mark><\/strong> limited to only using digits 0-9, at least from a theoretical approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Using Digits Only (0-9)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Characters<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Equation<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Bits<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Passwords<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">10<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">28.5021<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1 Trillion<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Using Letters,Digits, and Symbols<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Characters<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Equation<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Bits<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Passwords<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">6<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">5<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">94<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">39.3275<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">689.9 Billion<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>This equation includes both uppercase and lowercase letters.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Dictionary-Attacks\">Dictionary Attacks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When an attacker uses a dictionary of words to try to guess your password, this can make a seemingly strong password very weak all of the sudden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we simply used a single all lowercase word for our password, to a human, <strong>cow<\/strong> might be easier to guess than <strong>supercalifragilisticexpialidocious<\/strong> just off the top of their head. But a computer might be doing a dictionary attack in which they would go through the total <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_dictionaries_by_number_of_words#:~:text=Oxford%20Dictionary%20has%20273%2C000%20headwords,derivative%20words%20included%20as%20subentries.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">number of words in the English language<\/a> (171,476 in 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we\u2019re trying to protect against computers guessing our passwords if you figure out the entropy for these two words you\u2019ll quickly see the pitfall of using words from any kind of dictionary in your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Short-English-Word\">A Short English Word Under a Dictionary Attack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If an attack is trying all lowercase English words to guess your password, here would be the entropy for <strong>cow<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">19.9629<\/mark><\/strong> = <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">1<\/mark><\/strong> * log2(<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">171,476<\/mark><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notice how we\u2019re only using <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">1 character<\/mark><\/strong> instead of what you might expect with <strong>cow<\/strong> having <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>3 characters<\/strong> <\/mark>in it? This is because if the attacker is just guessing single words, the characters in the password don\u2019t matter at this point, if they match our single word to one in the dictionary, they\u2019ve cracked the password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Long-English-Word\">A Long English Word Under a Dictionary Attack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now here is where things get interesting with a very long word such as <strong>supercalifragilisticexpialidocious<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">19.9629<\/mark><\/strong> = <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">1<\/mark><\/strong> * log2(<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">171,476<\/mark><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though this word has <strong>34 characters<\/strong>, there are only <strong>171,476<\/strong> possible combinations of all those characters to make up an English word. So we don\u2019t gain any password entropy when a dictionary attack is being used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Brute-Force-Attack\">A Long English Word Under a Brute Force Attack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although if the hacker only relied on a brute force attack changing <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">1 character<\/mark><\/strong> at a time, this would be an extremely strong password due to its length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">222.8560<\/mark><\/strong> = <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">34<\/mark><\/strong> * log2(<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">94<\/mark><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Password-You-Can-Remember\">Create a Strong Password You Can Remember<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now hopefully that you understand a bit about password entropy and how to protect against automated cracking attempts of your password. This is the most common way passwords are stolen these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also important to protect against human attacks as well, and not to leave yourself vulnerable on either front. For instance while the password <strong>nowthisisastoryallabouthowmylifegotflippedturnedupsidedown<\/strong> would have a very high password entropy of <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">272.6255<\/mark><\/strong> with <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">58 characters<\/mark><\/strong> and a possible <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">26 lowercase characters<\/mark><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If someone knew I posted a lot about the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and sang the intro a lot, they might suspect I\u2019d use something silly like this as my password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many methods for creating a unique strong password you can remember, but ultimately it\u2019s going to come down to what works for you. Just be sure you know the pitfalls of not using multiple character sets or using words from any type of dictionary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One popular method is converting a unique phrase into something you can remember with some character substitutions that only you\u2019d think of. Here\u2019s a simple example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Unique Phrase<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Unique Character Substitutions<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Example for this Guide<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">The<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">T<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Keep the capital <strong>T<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Best<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">b<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Keep the lowercase <strong>b<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Password<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">P<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Alternate back to capital <strong>P<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Is<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">i<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Keep the lowercase <strong>i<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">One<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Replace number <strong>one<\/strong> with <strong>1<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">I<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">i<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Back to lowercase <strong>i<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Can<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">C<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Alternate back to capital <strong>C<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Remember<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">r<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Keep the lowercase <strong>r<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Forever<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4#ver<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Replace <strong>for<\/strong> with <strong>4<\/strong>, replace <strong>e<\/strong> with <strong>#<\/strong> and keep <strong>ver<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Final Password<\/strong>: TbPi1iCr4#ver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Characters<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Equation<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Bits<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Passwords<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">13<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2245c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">12<\/mark> * log<sub>2<\/sub>(<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c52226\" class=\"has-inline-color\">94<\/mark>)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#3ea84e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">85.2096<\/mark><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">44 Septillion<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>This Password is as an example for this guide and should not be used in accounts. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cPanel\">Generate a Random Strong Password in cPanel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to quickly generate a strong password, you can use the <strong>Change Password<\/strong> feature in cPanel to do so. If you wanted to actually change your <strong>cPanel<\/strong> password instead of just copying the password you can use it.<br><\/p><p class=\"alert alert-warning\" role=\"alert\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\/\">Login to cPanel<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Password &amp; Security<\/strong> link in the <em>Preferences<\/em> section.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"321\" class=\"wp-image-101601\" style=\"width: 750px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-password-and-security.png\" alt=\"Accessing the Password and Security Section in cPanel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-password-and-security.png 823w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-password-and-security-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-password-and-security-768x328.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the <strong>Password Generator<\/strong> button.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"247\" class=\"wp-image-101602\" style=\"width: 750px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-password-generator.png\" alt=\"cPanel Password Generator\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-password-generator.png 896w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-password-generator-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-password-generator-768x253.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the generated password and hit <strong>Ctrl-C<\/strong> to copy it.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"592\" class=\"wp-image-101603\" style=\"width: 750px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-copy-password.png\" alt=\"Copying Generated Password From cPanel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-copy-password.png 379w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-copy-password-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><br><br>You can also click the <strong>Advanced Options<\/strong> link to choose specific requirements such as password <strong>Length<\/strong>, <strong>Lower<\/strong>\/<strong>UpperCase<\/strong>, and <strong>Numbers<\/strong>\/<strong>Symbols<\/strong>.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"603\" class=\"wp-image-101604\" style=\"width: 750px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-password-generator-advanced-options.png\" alt=\"Advanced Password Generator Options in cPanel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-password-generator-advanced-options.png 626w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cpanel-password-generator-advanced-options-300x241.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You should hopefully now have a good understanding of what it takes to create a strong secure password to keep all of your information and access secure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days on the Internet all of your important information could be just a website request away. This is why it&#8217;s important as ever to ensure that you&#8217;re using a secure password to restrict access to your private information. 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