Comments on: How long is a password string? http://security.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/how-long-is-a-password-string/ The Security Stack Exchange Blog Fri, 17 May 2013 09:35:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: The Best of Blog Overflow: October 2011 - Blog – Stack Exchange http://security.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/how-long-is-a-password-string/#comment-202 The Best of Blog Overflow: October 2011 - Blog – Stack Exchange Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:22:54 +0000 http://security.blogoverflow.com/?p=312#comment-202 [...] mention goes to their post about password strings, based on the recent XKCD [...]

]]> By: Adam http://security.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/how-long-is-a-password-string/#comment-177 Adam Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:27:46 +0000 http://security.blogoverflow.com/?p=312#comment-177 If you havent already, I think you would enjoy listening to/watching this particular podcast on exactly the subject of password strength. The bottom line is that when someone is trying to crack your password length trumps complexity every time assuming you have a reasonable character space. Don’t take my word for it though, the podcast goes into extensive detail and is well explained.

http://twit.tv/sn303

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