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| *mipadi* |
 Apr 4 2006, 09:58 AM
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Here's a link to an interesting table that shows just how long (or short) it can take to crack passwords of various lengths: http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi&s=articles.
Remember this when picking your next password! |
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Apr 4 2006, 12:35 PM
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 cB Assassin  Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
Interesting, so I guess my password is easy to crack.
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Apr 4 2006, 01:22 PM
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 Watch This Group: Member Posts: 886 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 118,408 |
wow whoever made this list is really crazy(lol not literally)
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| *mipadi* |
Apr 4 2006, 01:28 PM
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Incidentally, it would take a supercomputer 83.5 days to crack my password; a dual-processor PC would take 23 years, and a low-end PC 22,875 years.
It's a really interesting list, if only because it displays a wonderful example of the asymptotic analysis of algorithms. |
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| *FreeStickers* |
Apr 4 2006, 09:25 PM
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It would take a supercomputer 58 minutes to hack my password.
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Apr 5 2006, 12:10 AM
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 Wow, i dont know whats going on... Group: Member Posts: 1,439 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,977 |
QUOTE(FreeStickers @ Apr 4 2006, 10:25 PM)  It would take a supercomputer 58 minutes to hack my password. Dayum, whats your password made up of? Like 4 letters? |
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| *mipadi* |
Apr 5 2006, 12:51 AM
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QUOTE(uLoVeMikeRoch @ Apr 5 2006, 1:10 AM) Dayum, whats your password made up of? Like 4 letters? Most likely, it is a 7-character password of mixed-case letters and numbers. |
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Apr 5 2006, 06:31 AM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
over 53,185 Years to bruteforce my password with a supercomputer.
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| *mipadi* |
Apr 5 2006, 08:16 AM
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I'm not sure I understand all parts of the table. I don't see how a password taken from a pool of 96 characters can be cracked in significantly less time than a password taken from a pool of 52 characters.
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Apr 5 2006, 08:57 AM
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 say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
I have various passwords for different sites...
53,185 Years for the longest password I use. Not bad. :) |
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| *FreeStickers* |
Apr 6 2006, 10:47 PM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Apr 5 2006, 1:51 AM) Most likely, it is a 7-character password of mixed-case letters and numbers. yup. I have another pw that I use. It's 11 characters -- all letters. That one takes a while, I think. I don't remember. |
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