Peer to Peer Magazine

Winter 2015

The quarterly publication of the International Legal Technology Association

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PEER TO PEER: THE QUARTERLY MAGA ZINE OF ILTA 32 Pick something abstract and uncommon, but extremely familiar to you. Then create a hint. EXAMPLES: • I grew up on Starkington Drive. (Hint: Kid Street) • My father's first car was a Gremlin. (Hint: Dad's Car) • I loved the drink Tang as a kid. (Hint: Fav Drink) Note: Many websites require both upper- and lowercase letters in passwords. Pick a number that is extremely familiar to you, but nothing obvious, and then create a hint. EXAMPLES: • My football numbers in high school (23) and college (65). 2365 (Hint: High&Coll Football) • My phone number when I was a kid was 555-123-6789. 6789 (Hint: Kid Phone) • The year I was born is 1978. That backward is 8791. (Hint: Born Back) Look at the website you are visiting, and pick the first few letters. EXAMPLES: • www.gmail.com — gma (Hint: Web3) or gm (Hint: Web2) • www.live.com — liv (Hint: Web3) or l (Hint: Web1) • www.toshiba.com — to (Hint: Web2) Pick a special character. (! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~) EXAMPLES: • ! (Hint: Wow) • % (Hint: Part) • * (Hint: In the Sky) Note: Many websites require a special character because they increase the password's level of security. Create your password hint. EXAMPLES: • For the site toshiba.com: Dad's Car, High&Coll Football, Web3, Wow • For the site live.com: Born-Back, Fav Drink, Web1, Web3, Part • For the site gmail.com: Kid Street, Kid Phone, Web2, Web3, In the Sky Could you decode the hints? • Gremlin2365tos! • 8791Tanglliv% • Starkington6789gmgma* Save your hints in a safe spot! Password managers are another viable option to store/remember and easily retrieve your passwords. My preference is the ugly password methodology because the password is only exposed when I'm logging into a specific website. However, as we have learned from recent security breaches, you can never be 100 percent secure. by Philip Sultan of Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald Here's how I build ugly, and relatively secure, passwords: 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Password Method

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