Wow… How quickly can your password be cracked?

I thought that this article was very interesting. I know that my passwords are not so strong, but this was a good article on password security and strength, and I thought to share:

Mike on ghacks has posted an interesting introduction to password strength. You may think your password is strong, but the range of times required to crack passwords of different types goes from essentially instantaneous (for any 3-character password, e.g. 3D%) to several years for an 8-character password of mixed case alphanumerics and symbols (e.g. 4$Gqvt}k).

Mike displays a nice table to show the range of crackability:

His top tip for passwords? “Choose one or two super-strong passwords and change the passwords on every website you have an account with to those.”

My own tip is to use a password manager, allow it to create a different random super strong password for every site and then create a super strong master password. Use an offline password manager that does not store your passwords on its servers whether encrypted or not.

This article was taken from Sciencetext.com.

Other Password articles:

• Researchers: Poor password practices hurt security for all
• Hack-Proof Your Blog
• Password Security – Choosing Strong Passwords

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