Do you think your password is strong?
The password basically is combination of letters, numbers and special characters
The difficult passwords are using (upper case, lower case, numbers & Symbols).
If someone able to guess your password, then you've got a real problem !
So let us calculate how many possible choices in the most difficult passwords (26+26+10+ 33+ spacebar) and based on the password length we can figure out the total possible combinations.
Possible choices ^ Password length = total possible combinations.
With 8 characters password length (96) ^ (8) = 7.2 Quadrillion possible combinations
However, today this is wholly inadequate.
Even though that 96 character data set yields 7.2 Quadrillion possible combinations,
the attacker just needs high-speed processors in order to crack it.
Because the high speed of the graphic cards a PC using multiple Radeon graphic cards interface as a CPU, can generate 350 billion passwords/sec, and 7.2 quadrillion combinations in less than 6 hours and this is PC not a supercomputer :(
Interesting!
Here some tips for strong password,
? Contains at least 10 or more characters (upper& lower case, numbers& special characters).
? Don’t use the same password for business accounts and personal accounts.
? Create individual passwords for each and every account.
? Don’t change passwords with incremental variations such as pass1, pass2, etc.
? Don’t use dictionary words at all even if long ones or ever in backward spelling.
? Don’t use common sequential order for letters or numbers such as abc or 123.
? Don’t use repetitive letters or numbers such as BBB or 444.
? Don’t use continuous characters on the keyboard such as zxc or qwe.
? Don’t use common substitutions such as “@” for A or “!” for “i”.
? Don’t use any portion of your name, birthdate, company, product line of the company :) or any other personal information; or any personal information for your close family and friends.
Sr Applications Eng / Technical Instructor Clamp-On Flowmetering
8 年And then all you need is a supercomputer to keep track of all your passwords.