Using the one from GRC: Time Required to Exhaustively Search this Password's Space: Online Attack Scenario: (Assuming one thousand guesses per second)
4.58 hundred trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion centuries Offline Fast Attack Scenario: (Assuming one hundred billion guesses per second) 4.58 million trillion trillion trillion trillion centuries Massive Cracking Array Scenario: (Assuming one hundred trillion guesses per second) 4.58 thousand trillion trillion trillion trillion centuries I like my password! Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com<http://www.carlwebster.com/> From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords One of mine gave back 5 septillion years. ;) Sean Rector, MCSE From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]<mailto:[mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords It would take a desktop PC About 193 trillion years to hack your password I'll take it. -sc From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com]<mailto:[mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com]> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords I got one year. From: Shauna Hensala [mailto:she...@msn.com]<mailto:[mailto:she...@msn.com]> 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/ and enter their password to see how long it would take to crack. A fun little exercise. [Red rose]Shauna Hensala ________________________________ From: webs...@carlwebster.com<mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> 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. :) Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com<http://www.carlwebster.com/> From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]<mailto:[mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]> 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 <webs...@carlwebster.com<mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com>> 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:rickgas...@kings.edu]<mailto:[mailto:rickgas...@kings.edu]> Subject: RE: Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords Crap...I now have to change my password again... From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]<mailto:[mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]> 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 <webs...@carlwebster.com<mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com>> wrote: Because the security team and or auditor are simply following a check list. Complex passwords required - check. 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