What is the most important factor in pw security? LENGTH! (espsecially in regards to BruteForce)
"Hello.........................." is more secure as "skfjdf3AKJD/(" - Because its longer!
So a secure password does not have to be some complicated stringchar-mix.
My Recipe:
Use sentences! Why? Because they are long, they have UPPER- and LOWERCASE and most of them end in a symbol or they contain other symbols. Length should not be under 12 chars!
Example: "IloveDouglasAdamsbecausehe'sfuckingawesome" <-- easy to remember and extremely strong because its 42 chars long!
Cracking that by Brute Force with a 100 Trillion guesses/sec would take:
Cracking that by Brute Force with a 100 Trillion guesses/sec would take:
3.49 billion quadruple trillion centuries (Calculation by https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm )
Other Examples:
- "MyfavouritebookistheC-ReferencebyDennisRitchie"
- "DreamTheaterandSymphonyXandPinkFloydrockhard!"
- "Iamtoolazytofindanothercreativepasswordexample" <-- no one would guess that :D
- "Somewhereovertherainbowbluebirdsfly"
- "BarneyfromHowIMetYourMotherisAWESOME!"
Never thought of any of these options as valid passwords... :D Next time I need one I'll recall your examples, by the way, I got here through your coursera profile link :D classmate
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