Passwords Requirements
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Password Requirements
To protect your account, and for the security of everyone on the network, Pomona passwords must meet the following minimum requirements:
- it cannot contain your account name.
- it cannot contain more than two consecutive letters of your full name.
- it must be at least 12 characters long.
- it must contain at least three of the following four:
- uppercase characters (A-Z)
- lowercase characters (a-z)
- digits (0-9)
- non-alphanumeric characters (for example; ! $ # , %)
Password Creation Tips
How can you come up with secure passwords every three months?
- Think of a memorable sentence: My very big dog smells like dill pickles!
- Take the first letter of each word: Mvbdsldp!
- Then replace a few characters: Mvbd$ldp!
Examples:
- "I am taking an underwater basket weaving class!" = Imt4ubwc!34
- "But WHY do we need such strong passwords?" = 12BYdwnssp?
- "Trust me, it's for your own good." = TM,it's4yog.37