Short Passwords Open To Brute Force Attacks

Author: Donald Sears
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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]

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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