How strong is your password?

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  1. Posts : 471
    W7 Professional x64
       #11

    My current 'normal' password would take:
    Offline Fast Attack Scenario: 0.00321 seconds
    Massive Cracking Array Scenario: 0.00000321 seconds

    The Password I'm transitioning to:
    Online Attack Scenario: 1.83 billion centuries
    Offline Fast Attack Scenario: 18.28 centuries
    Massive Cracking Array Scenario: 1.83 years
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  2. Posts : 1,426
    7 Pro
       #12

    New technology starts to breed new ways to crack passwords:

    High Performance Computing In Information Security « RenderStream.com
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  3. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #13

    https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm said:
    The #1 most commonly used password is “123456”, and the 4th most common is “Password.” So any password attacker and cracker would try those two passwords immediately. Yet the Search Space Calculator above shows the time to search for those two passwords online (assuming a very fast online rate of 1,000 guesses per second) as 18.52 minutes and 17.33 centuries respectively! If “123456” is the first password that's guessed, that wouldn't take 18.52 minutes. And no password cracker would wait 17.33 centuries before checking to see whether “Password” is the magic phrase.
    Just be aware it's not a password strength meter. Good find!:)
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  4. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #14

    z3r010 said:
    Normally I'd have the same thoughts, but it's a very well respected security site who's tools have been a very useful to me for me are far back as I can remember.
    Me too John. I first used his Port Authority scanner.
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  5. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #15

    seavixen32 said:
    I'm a suspicious old cove so how do we know this Gibson chappie isn't gleefully harvesting IP addresses along with the password?

    He ain't having mine!!
    Its JavaScript, you passwords never leave your computer when you enter them.
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  6. Posts : 171
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit SP1
       #16

    How strong is your password?-54.png


    Weak
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