August 16, 2010, 12:44PM
Short Passwords Open To Brute Force Attacks
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A password of less than seven characters will soon be "hopelessly
inadequate" even if it contains symbols as well as alphanumerical
characters, according to computer scientists at the Georgia Tech
Research Institute. Read the full article. [The Register]
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