On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Older iOS devices used a 4 digit PIN code, which was next to no > protection. Newer iOS allow passcodes which consist of a full > (fuller?) alphabet. > > Assuming a weak password policy (for example, 4 or 6 characters) are > there any real benefits over PINs?
The obvious benefit is 10^4 vs 95^4, so a "benefit" of 8145:1. _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
