In general, a password is used by someone to access an account. Even social media be it facebook, twitter, linkedin, instagram and others ask for a password to be able to access their services. Password is a confidentiality that is used for privacy purposes to access a service. In this case, we should not give this access to many people because it is possible that the account we use will be misused by irresponsible people. With a very good password for security, it will prevent you from attacks. Brute-force attack is an attack technique against a computer security system that uses trials of all possible keys.
In this guide we will discuss how to create a good and secure password:
- Above Eight Characters
The longer the password used, the better the level of difficulty and security obtained. This of course will make it difficult for hackers to hack our account to be able to get the password easily. Long password characters will complicate brute force attack techniques in searching for the passwords that we use because of long characters. - Combination of Upper and Lowercase Letters
This is certainly very good considering people are not aware if we use capital letters when entering passwords. it is recommended that you use some capital letters in your password. - Number Combination
This will prevent you from Brute-force attacks because the combination of Numbers will make it difficult for irresponsible people to access your website. - Don't Use Your Identity or Related Information
This often happens, there are still many users who use passwords with date of birth, name of city of birth and others. This is certainly very vulnerable considering that on the internet itself it is easy to get personal information. - Symbol Combination
You can also use symbols in your password. This symbol is the most difficult for crackers to guess, and if you use only one symbol then the password strength level will be at a high level. Many developers also use symbols in their passwords for security reasons.
Create Strong Passwords
Creating a strong password will make it difficult for criminals to get into your email. Password by combining numbers, symbols, words that are not easy to guess, word length, uppercase and lowercase letters. Examples of passwords that are not easy to guess.
Example:
Weak Password = tutorialidch00
Strong Password =7uT0r!@L11)cH
Activating cPHulk
cPanel& WHM has its own secret weapon which was developed to defend against bruteforce attacks. By enabling cPHulk, you can drastically prevent brute force attacks from affecting your users, accounts or machines. Just enable this feature from the Security Center and prevent malicious software from trying to break into your password security.
Enabling SMTP Restrictions
All online activities that occur will go through a series of rules called protocols. For mail, SMTP or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is the method used to send messages to the mail server to be sent to recipients. With SMTP Restrictions, a feature you can activate directly from WHM. You can prevent spammers from interacting directly with email servers or you can even work around your email security settings.
Here are some tips on how to create a good and strong password to secure your account. May be useful!
