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On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:17:13 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > https://xkcd.com/936/ |
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> Not strictly true ... the crackers would probably use rainbow tables |
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> attacks first. Also, it isn't fair to compare an 11 character passwd |
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> against a 25 character passwd. For the *same* number of characters |
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> used in any given passwd, a random lower/upper/numerical/symbol passwd |
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> will provide an exponentially higher degree of difficulty in cracking |
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> it with brute force, than one which uses only lower case dictionary |
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> words. Anyway, these days many attacks are focused on OS or hardware |
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> vulnerabilities which have been baked in by design, rather than brute |
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> force attacks. |
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I'm not sure xkcd is meant to be taken that seriously... |
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Neil Bothwick |
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