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How long does it take to crack a password (ghacks, hive)


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  • 6730b changed the title to How long does it take to crack a password (ghacks, hive)

Personally I like mnemonic type passwords.

eg...this is an old password I haven't used since university days...but in our share house the dialup password (yes I said dial up) was

 

TfdoJi1

The first day of January is 1

(so by this chart 2 weeks for a brute force crack)

 

 

 

 

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@6730b very interesting, this article is definitely alarming and makes you seriously think about using stronger passwords for greater security, it has become more understandable why a huge number of services insist on it.

 

With the use of modern and more performance technologies, the time required to brute force a password will decrease by a multiple.

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