[GLLUG] Passwords

[Karl Schuttler]

The use of rainbow tables would speed things up quite a bit

On 9/1/06, Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide at gmail.com> wrote:
> these are just brute force attacks? anyways don't forget things like
> dictionary attacks and thing like the md5 database (or whatever it is
> they've made) which could make breaching password security closer to
> minutes rather than years.
>
> On 8/31/06, Thomas Hruska <thruska at cubiclesoft.com> wrote:
> > Asenchi wrote:
> > > Hello Everyone,
> > >
> > > I thought I'd pass this link along as I find it fascinating.
> > >
> > > http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi&s=articles
> > >
> > >                   -Asenchi
> > >                   asenchi at asenchi.com
> >
> > Interesting but the average user has a 1GHz PC these days (the author
> > shows stats for the Pentium 100).  Class D is probably the most
> > "appropriate" to look at.  However, my passwords are completely random
> > and _at least_ 15 alphanumeric characters in length (it easily
> > approaches 40 character passwords).  The only limitations are
> > software-based - usually a website designer's fault.
> >
> > Although, based on that website, my average password length tells me it
> > will take about 170 Septillion years on today's hardware before I have
> > to extend it.  Someone's more likely to crack SSL before they'd try to
> > brute force any of my passwords.
> >
> > --
> > Thomas Hruska
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> >
> > Safe C++ Design Principles (First Edition)
> > Learn how to write memory leak-free, secure,
> > portable, and user-friendly software.
> >
> > Learn more and view a sample chapter:
> > http://www.CubicleSoft.com/SafeCPPDesign/
> >
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