Comments on: How Good Is Your Password? http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/ Irish Technology Blogger Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:57:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sean http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Sean Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:32:21 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-691 Are all of them with the top grade though?? If so wow.. Im sticking to my password.. What supercomputer wants to crack my password anyway?? Its not like I have anything valubale! ;) Are all of them with the top grade though??
If so wow..
Im sticking to my password..
What supercomputer wants to crack my password anyway??
Its not like I have anything valubale! ;)

]]> By: Neil T. http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Neil T. Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:39:38 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-690 Usually mine are 8 characters with a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers, so theoreticllay pretty difficult to crack through brute force methods. You just have to be wary of all of the other methods :) . The exceptions are my PGP key password, which is 14 characters, and my WPA security key, which is 13 - all lowercase but with numbers. Usually mine are 8 characters with a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers, so theoreticllay pretty difficult to crack through brute force methods. You just have to be wary of all of the other methods :) .

The exceptions are my PGP key password, which is 14 characters, and my WPA security key, which is 13 – all lowercase but with numbers.

]]> By: Ken http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-689 Ken Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:08:16 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-689 good luck trying to remember a password like that! well.... over time, maybe.... but there's quicker ways I'd rather log into windows! good luck trying to remember a password like that!

well…. over time, maybe…. but there’s quicker ways I’d rather log into windows!

]]> By: Dave http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Dave Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:06:06 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-688 Whoops that didn't work this one might though - h/ L8(;Jw0-752["JJC}*}v(a> Whoops that didn’t work this one might though – h/ L8(;Jw0-752[”JJC}*}v(a>

]]> By: Dave http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-687 Dave Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:05:03 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-687 I'm off to learn <a href="https://www.grc.com/pass" rel="nofollow">this off by heart -- </a> I’m off to learn this off by heart —

]]> By: Ken http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-686 Ken Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:13:34 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-686 and of course, that same system kindly reminds you that you've already used that password before meaning that its archiving all your old passwords anyway, no matter how good they are! annoying coming up with a good password when you're perfectly happy with what you've got! And Damien - good password! Use something along those lines for the certificate encryption... and of course, that same system kindly reminds you that you’ve already used that password before meaning that its archiving all your old passwords anyway, no matter how good they are!

annoying coming up with a good password when you’re perfectly happy with what you’ve got!

And Damien – good password! Use something along those lines for the certificate encryption…

]]> By: Dave http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-685 Dave Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:59:00 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-685 You know what's really irritating, when you have a good password and the bloody system in work demands that you change it periodically. As if that's improving security. You know what’s really irritating, when you have a good password and the bloody system in work demands that you change it periodically. As if that’s improving security.

]]> By: Damien Mulley http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-682 Damien Mulley Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:55:23 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-682 14 characters, upper, lower, numbers and symbols. 14 characters, upper, lower, numbers and symbols.

]]> By: Ken http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Ken Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:46:15 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-681 Sean - 60 1/2 hours... you need a better password! ;) Dave and PB - fair play.... a thousand years is pretty good going. Pity there's no figures for the further growth of the password (i.e. 10 character, 12 character etc.) but even looking at the growth rate up to 8 you'll likely have no problem with your password being cracks - at least in this lifetime anyway! Sean – 60 1/2 hours… you need a better password! ;)

Dave and PB – fair play…. a thousand years is pretty good going. Pity there’s no figures for the further growth of the password (i.e. 10 character, 12 character etc.) but even looking at the growth rate up to 8 you’ll likely have no problem with your password being cracks – at least in this lifetime anyway!

]]> By: pb. http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-680 pb. Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:35:54 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-680 Just did the test on my regular password - 692 years to break, with 218 trillion combinations. I can rest easy. Then again... there is always that one in 218 trillion chance.. Just did the test on my regular password – 692 years to break, with 218 trillion combinations. I can rest easy. Then again… there is always that one in 218 trillion chance..

]]> By: How Good Is Your Password at Dave’s Rants http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-679 How Good Is Your Password at Dave’s Rants Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:01:06 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-679 [...] Ken asks, Ken asks, How Good Is Your Password?, seemingly mine is quite good. [...] [...] Ken asks, Ken asks, How Good Is Your Password?, seemingly mine is quite good. [...]

]]> By: Dave http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Dave Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:59:29 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-678 I have a couple of different 'strength' passwords but to crack the strongest one you'd have to use the 96 character list and mine is 10 characters long so it's off the scale! So a very very long time. I'm only guessing but at least 1,000 years. I have a couple of different ’strength’ passwords but to crack the strongest one you’d have to use the 96 character list and mine is 10 characters long so it’s off the scale! So a very very long time. I’m only guessing but at least 1,000 years.

]]> By: Sean http://kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/comment-page-1/#comment-677 Sean Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:17:30 +0000 http://www.kenmc.com/2006/04/20/how-good-is-your-password/#comment-677 It would take a supercomputer 60½ Hours to break my passwords! Thats fucking good! It would take a supercomputer 60½ Hours to break my passwords! Thats fucking good!

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