Enterprise Mac Security: Mac OS X Snow Leopard

7.1. A Quick Note About Passwords

We've mentioned it before and we'll mention it again: if you take only one tip away from this book, take this one: use good, complex passwords! This is a mantra that we will use repeatedly throughout this book. We cannot overstate its importance.

When we refer to complex passwords, we are referring to passwords that consist of eight or more characters, contain a special character, and contain both letters and numbers where possible.

Your e-mail and online accounts are only as secure as the password you use to access them. And believe it or not, your e-mail account is quite valuable to a spammer. A resourceful ...