On 11/10/2015 02:32 PM, Stanislav Nikolov wrote: > > > On 11/10/2015 09:25 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> On 11/10/2015 02:23 PM, Stanislav Nikolov wrote: >>> Are you sure you know how such keys work? An extremely 15 character >>> password (Upper case, lower case, numbers, 8 more symbols) gives you >>> ~4747561509943000000000000000 combinations. Just a simple 2048 bit >>> key on the other hand (~180 of which are "secure") >>> 1532495540865888858358347027150309183618739122183602176. Thats ALOT >>> moar. You don't have to generate the key from a password! >>> >> I don't have to brute-force the key. The key is encrypted with a >> password. How long is that password? >> >> >> > 1) The key is not encrypted. > 2) You don't need a password to generate a key. > 3) Don't go full retard, do your research before arguing. >
I guess I'll just say that I'm fine with it taking trillions of years to hack my systems and give up. Yes, adding another key would make it take longer than trillions of years. So would increasing the password length.
