Creating a Secure Password
Never give your password to anyone. Please note that Blizzard Entertainment and its representatives will never ask for your password for any reason.
Extreme care should be taken in choosing your password. If your password is easy to guess, someone may be able to access or steal your account.
There are also a number of "Brute Force" programs which are used to generate password possibilities based on a set of words. These programs will then attempt to log onto an account with as many different passwords as possible, hoping that it will eventually "guess" the account password so that it can logon successfully.
Below are a list of password creation suggestions that will reduce the effectiveness of these programs.
Password Creation Suggestions
- Make sure your password does not contain words from
ANY dictionary (forwards or backwards) - Most "Brute Force" programs use a list of common words and terms which they use to generate a list of possible passwords. Commonly, dictionaries from multiple languages and technical terms are used.
- Use letters, numbers,
AND symbols - Simply adding a string of numbers at the end of the password is typically not enough to guarantee security. The use of number and symbols through-out the password will strengthen it against "Brute Force" programs.
- Make your password at least 8 characters long - The longer the password, the more tries it takes to guess the password. Keeping your password over 8 characters will increase the difficulty in guessing your password.
- Avoid common number/letter replacements. (i.e. 1 and I, 3 and e) - Most "Brute Force" programs are aware of these replacements, and it uses them when creating a list of possible passwords to use.
- Do not use any keyboard sequences (i.e. qwerty) - Keyboard strings are common in many passwords, and for this reason many "Brute Force" programs use them as well.
- Do not use your own account name - Using your own account name in your password, even if it is followed by other words or numbers, increases the chance that a hacker can guess your password.
- Avoid repeating small sequences of characters (i.e. abcabc) - Most "Brute Force" programs have a list of common sequences that they use when trying to generate a list of possible passwords.
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