MySQL database password question

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Wikipedia actually has a pretty extensive article on the subject of password strength. Definitely worth a read.

• Lowercase Letters (a-z)
• Uppercase Letters (A-Z)
• Numbers (0-9)
• Special Characters

Also ensure that you password isnt something silly short like 4 chars. Make it a nice long password, 10+ chars.

You can read guidelines at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-security-excerpt/5.0/en/password-security.html

My personal rule for choosing mysql password are:

• It should be a valid var name.
• It should include upper and lowercase letters.
• Uppercase letters shouldn't necessarily be at the beginning of a word. eg : woRd
• It should be longer than 15 chars.
• It should include include numbers.
• It should never reference the name of my project or something about me.

eg: fLodHooters_25_lightsOn