Thursday, May 30, 2013

Create a Strong Password Appendix 3 - Special Characters

These are potential substitutions for letters in your password.  The normal letter is at the left and its substitution follow each.  This is NOT a complete list.  Make up your own, use your imagination.

A   /\ (Forward and Back Slash)  OR /-\ OR 4
B   |3 OR |} OR !3 OR !}
C   ( OR <  OR [
D   |] OR |)
E   {  OR 3
F   |= OR !=
G   [- OR C- OR C, OR (;
H   |-| OR !-! OR ]-[
I   ][ OR | OR ! OR 1
J   _| OR ,| OR .| OR _! OR ,! OR .!
K   |< OR JUST <
L   |_ OR !_ OR 1
M   |v| OR !V! OR nn OR |\/| OR !\/!
N   |\| or !\!
O   0 (zero) OR [] OR {} OR ()
P   |> OR |^ OR !^ OR !* OR |*
Q   @ OR O_ OR O, OR O~ OR (repeat all these with a 0 (zero) instead of Captial o )
R   |? OR !? (couldn't find a good one, make up one that you can remember)
S   $ OR (/) OR 5
T   -|- OR -!- OR ^|^ etc
U   |_| OR !_! OR [_]
V   \/ (Back and Forward Slash) OR ^
W   vv OR VV OR \/\/
X   * OR +
Y   ^/ OR `/ Z   (\) OR /|/  OR %


The following are the names and locations of the harder to find special characters:
~ (tilda) to the left of the number 1 near letter Q (Shifted)
[ (Left Square Bracket) near letter P
] (Right Square Bracket) near letter P
{ (Left Curly Brace) near Letter P  (Shifted)
} (Right Curly Brace) near Letter P  (Shifted)
\ (Back Slash) above Enter Key
| (Piper Symbol) above Enter Key (Shifted Back Slash)
/ (Forward Slash) same key as Question mark ?  (Not Shifted)

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