On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 08:58:20PM +0200, Tim and Lisa Beckendorf wrote: > "Your password is *23* characters long and has > *19,928,148,895,209,409,636,260,496,015,360 *combinations. > It takes *72,498,183,345,339,965,440.00* hours or > *3,020,757,639,389,165,056.00* days to crack your password on computer > that tries *137,438,953,472* passwords per hour. This is based on a > typical PC processor in 2008 and that the processor is under 10% load." > > I think I need to find one more difficult . . . (It helps to work with > minority languages in Africa) :-)
While this site gives some interesting stats, I wonder about it assumptions. Since most modern *nix systems provide a delayed response when an incorrect password, the timing stats assume that the cracker has somehow obtained your hashed password. If they got that, then they either already hacked a system where your hashed password is stored or sniffed it in transit. Either way, having them crack your password is probably lower on the threat level than anything else they already have. Right? > Theresa Kehoe wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-11-02 at 10:36 -0600, Scott Granneman wrote: > > > "Your password is 10 characters long and has 47,917,406,617,600 > > > combinations. > > > It takes 174.32 hours or 7.26 days to crack your password on computer > > > that tries 137,438,953,472 passwords per hour. This is based on a > > > typical PC processor in 2008 and that the processor is under 10% load." > > > > > > http://www.hackosis.com/projects/bfcalc/bfcalc.php > > > > > > Go try your own password. > > > > "Your password is 17 characters long and has > > 1,717,513,566,500,583,448,248,320 combinations. > > It takes 6,248,277,955,821.63 hours or 260,344,914,825.90 days to crack > > your password on computer that tries 137,438,953,472 passwords per hour. > > This is based on a typical PC processor in 2008 and that the processor > > is under 10% load. > > > > Ummm ....... am I too paranoid? :-) -- David Dooling http://www.politigenomics.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
