Fwd: [GLLUG] Passwords

[Asenchi]

Forgot to post to list.

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.

Actually I believe they were dictionary attacks.

It was only research to show how fast certain passwords can be broken,
and to encourage stronger passwords. :)
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