“This document shows the approximate amount of time required for a computer or a cluster of computers to guess various passwords. The figures shown are approximate and are the maximum time required to guess each password using a simple brute force ‘key-search’ attack, it may (and probably will) be possible to guess correctly without trying all the combinations shown using other methods of attack or by having a ‘lucky guess’.”
My default Web site login passwords could be cracked in aproximately 163 days. For my home network, I’m using 63-character length passwords our of a 96 character set. (Those aren’t even in the chart.) .How good are yours?
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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One Reply to “Password Recovery Speeds”
Fortunately, my password is above the 7.2 Quadrillion level.
Fortunately, my password is above the 7.2 Quadrillion level.