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How long should a password be?
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<blockquote data-quote="Thales" data-source="post: 874054" data-attributes="member: 67896"><p>I think length is more important than complexity. Why is that?</p><p>The cracker will never know if you use symbols and numbers or a simple but long password with full of just lowercase characters or just numbers.</p><p>If the dictionary attack or backdoor doesn't work they won't try brute force. It would take years. Without knowing your solution they need to use every possible combination of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers and symbols.</p><p></p><p>But I am open to other opinions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thales, post: 874054, member: 67896"] I think length is more important than complexity. Why is that? The cracker will never know if you use symbols and numbers or a simple but long password with full of just lowercase characters or just numbers. If the dictionary attack or backdoor doesn't work they won't try brute force. It would take years. Without knowing your solution they need to use every possible combination of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers and symbols. But I am open to other opinions. [/QUOTE]
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