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 Sat, 06 Feb 2016 05:11:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.6 By: Adam http://security.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/how-long-is-a-password-string/#comment-177 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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