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Estimating Password Cracking Times

2 pointsby ghoshabout 9 years ago

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asdzabout 9 years ago
AFAIK, crackers don't brute force blindly anymore, they use "combination" and "permutation" attack which reduce a lot of time. For example, password abcde12345 will probably be cracked in 5 minutes instead of 1 decade? (as shown by the calculator)