Lab Handbook

Reset your UCSD password

At UCSD, there are three password databases:

• Active Directory (AD)
• Business Systems (Single Sign-On)
• Network (Kerberos)

For more information on UCSD passwords and how to reset them, see http://blink.ucsd.edu/technology/security/passwords/changing.html.

Selecting a secure password

Examples of bad passwords

• any dictionary word (eg., hot, dog, hotdog)
• a series of letters and numbers that create a dictionary word (eg., gr8)
• a proper noun (eg., Blink-182 [name of a band])
• a cultural reference (eg., 867-5309 [Jenny's number])

Example of a good password

• an acronym formed from an easily memorized phrase combined with punctuation and/or other symbols.
  (eg., mitf-i5n, created from the phrase "mattress in the freeway - interstate 5 northbound".)

Do not use this as your password!