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Multiple sites on the Internet reference passwords and techniques for how to create them. With the Internet being what it is, it is difficult to determine the original source of the information, but we would like to credit two sites in particular that this chapter is based on.

From Microsoft:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/privacy/password.mspx

By Ryo Furue:

http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/~furue/safepass3e.html

In addition, some other great sites can both generate passwords and check passwords for how strong they are.

You can find a good password generator here:

https://www.grc.com/passwords

And you can check the strength of all your passwords here:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/privacy/password_checker.mspx