The Problem With Passwords…

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A couple of comments I received recently have stuck out a bit. The first was someone asking me why I didn’t include time to crack a 24 and a 64 character password. This left me scratching my head, as the number of possible passwords for a random 64 character password — with just lower case letters — is:

3616548304479297085365330736464680499909051895704748593486634912486670341490423472351870976

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.