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    FYI everyone. The tsp website has enacted the requirement for stronger passwords. This has to be done the moment you log in and before you can make any transactions. Be advised not to wait until a few minutes [before the deadline] for anyone wanting to make a transaction.

    New passwords need to be over 10 characters with a mix of upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters.

    Geno
    Last edited by tsptalk; 05-11-2014 at 06:08 PM. Reason: Copied from private thread


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    Yup, TSP and mypay and every other .gov website. Just be prepared to make a new strong password when you log in. It helps to have something in mind. Strong means anything from 12 alphas to 18 alphas upper and lower case, special characters (which may be limited on some sites), numerics and possibly no repeating from any previous password within some time period, perhaps ever. Rules are not standardized. Remember, this is to protect you from yourself and make your memory better. Best advice is that no password for an application should be similar to any other password for any other application and NEVER, NEVER write them down ANYWHERE. A person I know who works in cybersecurity stated "if you can do your job, we are not doing ours". Get used to it. My best advice is to use the "forgot my password" link if you don't log in every day. For those personnel information sites (like ESS or eOPF) soon you will have no rights to see that stuff anyway. Just trust your employer to take care of you!

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    Just reset mine, what's next 50 digits?



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    No. 26 alphas, 10 digits, 15 special characters, non repeated ever. That will soon solve the cyber security problem and make you unable to access the web site. Their problem is solved except for the hackers. If the customer cannot access the web site, mission is accomplished.

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    Amazing and the Lottery only has 7 numbers and you have something like 1 in 35 million chance of winning, but they can crack your 8 letter, upper and lower case, special characters and numbers passwords in a minute?What?!!!!!



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    I just changed mine. Now how am I to remember the new word?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Handballer View Post
    I just changed mine. Now how am I to remember the new word?
    https://lastpass.com/
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    Quote Originally Posted by genod View Post
    FYI everyone. The tsp website has enacted the requirement for stronger passwords. This has to be done the moment you log in and before you can make any transactions. Be advised not to wait until a few minutes [before the deadline] for anyone wanting to make a transaction.

    New passwords need to be over 10 characters with a mix of upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters.

    Geno
    Thanks for the heads up. Just changed mine.
    Is today Saturday again?

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    Now- to REALLY throw a monkey wrench into things.

    I have BOTH a Civilian account and a Military (reserves) account.

    Both were previously accessible to me under a single User ID.

    Yesterday, I changed the password and it was defaulted to the civilian account.

    However, I was UNABLE to access my military account.

    So today, I logged in using the OLD password that I changed yesterday, and it asked me if I wanted to change the password on my MILITARY account.

    So I changed it today to match the civilian account password I changed yesterday.

    And now I have access, once again, to both accounts, under a single signon, single password.

    But it took two password changes to make that happen.

    Who would have thunk it?


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    Quote Originally Posted by James48843 View Post
    But it took two password changes to make that happen.

    Who would have thunk it?
    Role-based security.....been around a while!:toung:
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    You can use an email address (made up. Not a real one) as a password. It works and is easier to remember.


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    Smells like Q1 2008 when employee ID became the required log in. I know it sounds simple but it took me a while to get my money back to the G fund and I was traped in a falling market at the time, will never forget the pain of it. I was struck by the pure market timming of the whole event. Look out bellow !!

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