huh.. just tried something similar to one of my 
passwords, all lowercase, all letters,  of course 
my real password has a couple of numbers in it.

780 quintillion years

20 character password all lowercase  - 97billion years
11character password all lowercase 314 years
huh... the password -- 0987654321aaaaaa -1 billion years
aaaaaaaaaaaa - 12 years to hack

so much for the password rules.

then again my password would not work on a unix 
system.  Are unix systems still only 8 characters.
it looks like any 8 character password can be hacked in less than a week.


At 11:00 AM 8/11/2011, Kennedy, Jim wrote:
>Good point, I just got phished.
>
>From: Gary Slinger [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:57 AM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: Re: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords
>
>It wasn't one of my current 'real' passwords. 
>I'm not putting one of those in on a site I don't know.
>
>----------
>From: "Kennedy, Jim" <[email protected]>
>Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:46:08 -0400
>To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]>
>ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords
>
>Buwhahahah…. 124 thousand years.
>
>From: Gary Slinger [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:45 AM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: Re: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords
>
>With one special character, 15 years. Without it, 4 days. Interesting.
>
>----------
>From: "Martin Blackstone" 
><<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
>Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:19:59 -0700
>To: NT System Admin 
>Issues<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
>ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" 
><<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords
>
>I got one year.
>
>From: Shauna Hensala [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 7:16 AM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords
>
>Have your users go 
>here: 
><http://www.howsecureismypassword.net/>http://www.howsecureismypassword.net/
>and enter their password to see how long it 
>would take to crack.  A fun little exercise.
>
>Description: Red rose
>Shauna Hensala
>
>
>----------
>From: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
>To: 
><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
>Subject: RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords
>Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:43:08 +0000
>I changed my bed linens at the beginning of each 
>semester whether they needed changing or not. J
>
>
>Carl Webster
>Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
><http://www.carlwebster.com/>http://www.CarlWebster.com
>
>
>From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 8:32 AM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords
>
>nice.
>
>Reminds me of an old roommate, "I clean the 
>shower every six months whether it needs it or not."
>
>Sent from my Palm Pre on the Now Network from Sprint
>
>
>----------
>On Aug 11, 2011 7:42 AM, Webster 
><<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
>I change my passwords religiously every 7 years.
>
>Carl Webster
>Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
><http://www.carlwebster.com/>http://www.CarlWebster.com
>
>
>From: Gasper, Rick [mailto:[email protected]]
>Subject: RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords
>
>Crap…I now have to change my password again…
>
>From: Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]]
>Subject: Re: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords
>
>If the in-house team ever got a round to it both 
>could be kept happy but using something like 
>"Horses like 2 fly, like bugs like to be stepped 
>on!"  Complex and easy to remember.  How long 
>would that take for a brute force attack or a 
>dictionary attack to get the password?
>
>FYI that is NOT one of my passwords!
>
>Jon
>On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Webster 
><<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
>Because the security team and or auditor are 
>simply following a check list.  Complex 
>passwords required – check.  My job is done.
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