Need help creating a password

[Tripper11]

So I'm trying to renew my green card online and I need to create an account.
fine.
I am at the website and have gotten everything done, but the damned site won't accept my hundreds of password attempts.

not giving anything away, it goes something like this Green*Card89

Per their description they ask that the password be done as follows:

An arbitrary string of characters chosen by a user or system administrator and used to authenticate the user when he/she attempts to log on in order to prevent unauthorized access to the E-Filing system.

Your Password must:
Contain from 8 to 16 characters
Contain at least 2 of the following 3 characters: uppercase alphabetic, lowercase alphabetic, numeric
Contain at least 1 special character (e.g., @, #, $, %, & *, +, =)
Begin and end with an alphabetic character
Not contain spaces
Not contain all or part of your UserID
Not use 2 identical characters consecutively
Not be a recently used password

Here's the part I keep hitting a wall on - ERROR: Your password must begin and end with an alphabetic character.

Isn't the first letter I have not an alphabetic character?? :wtf:


What am I missing?

[AlabamaLibrul]

1. If it goes like Green*Card89, then your problem would be the *ending*

Your password must begin and end

[Tripper11]

4. ugh! I see the problem

I was so focussed on one thing, that I didn't realize both ends.
Thanks, I got in finally!

[tabbycat31]

2. I use this for most of my passwords

I got my first car in 1999 when I was 19. I use the license plate number of that car for my passwords. Yes it was only 6 characters but when I needed more, I would just add NY in front of it. Sometimes I will add a 1, 2, etc at the end when I have to change it consistently (ie work).

I no longer have that car so you can't look in my driveway for my password.

[rug]

3. Try this one

alQaeda911binLaden

[Tripper11]

5. It told me to report...

to my nearest police station. Why would it say that?

[freshwest]

15. You're joking, right?

[Tripper11]

6. browser options

In order to electronically file your application in the quickest and most effective manner, please ensure you have the following available:

Netscape 4.7 or higher, or Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher

Does netscape even still exist?

[edbermac]

7. How about this? GOP-SUCKS

:D

[Tripper11]

8. I like it!

Trust me a few ideas crossed my mind, but I kind of need the thing, and I think my family wouldn't like a visit from immigration and them dragging my ass back to Canada.
I wouldn't mind, don't get me wrong, just not that way!

[kimi]

9. This will not help you at all

but there is a YouTube vid called "Sexy Screen Name" that brings up this kind of question. (I'd link to it but it is totally NSFW and I don't want to break any rules here. A friend in Germany recently brought it to my attention and it had me going :wow: ).

[Curmudgeoness]

10. All of these sites with so many rules on passwords piss me off.

If I want to be stupid enough to use "password" as my password, that is my business and they should just let me do it. That was a shitload of rules in that one!

I just want to use one bizarre password for everything, and that is just not possible. Some places make me use characters, some places will not allow them. I have so many passwords that if this computer ever crashes, I will not be able to find my way into any places. Grrrr. :nuke:

Thanks for listening!

:rant:

[surrealAmerican]

11. In addition to the ending character ...

... issue (as previously mentioned), the two "e"s in "Green" would be a problem: they are "2 identical characters consecutively".

[FloridaJudy]

12. Once worked in a place

That made us change our password every month. Since people kept forgetting what their new password was, they'd either write it on a post-it and stick it to their screens, or slip it under the mouse pad.

As you can imagine, that went well.

I just used one password, stuck a number in the middle and changed the number every month.

[struggle4progress]

13. f#ck1n9P@S$W0RD

[MicaelS]

14. Nice Free Password Generator

PC Tools Password Utilities 1.0.0.5

Works offline. Very configurable.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Password-Managers-Generators/PC-Tools-Password-Utilities.shtml

Online version

http://www.pctools.com/guides/password/

Online SSL Secure Version

https://secure.pctools.com/guides/password/

[Amerigo Vespucci]

16. Send me a PM

I have RoboForm.

It generates alphanumeric passwords with random characters...including upper and lower case letters.

Tell me how many characters you need and I will PM you a password that NO ONE can crack.

You can even re-arrange the order if you want.

[av8rdave]

17. Try using a sentence to remember:

tm&amlw1969m

the mets & apollo moon landing were 1969 miracles

ztwt#12usp

zachary taylor was the #12 us president


Or something to that effect.

[RedCloud]

18. OpenSaysME@1nce