On 08/12/2014 02:45 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 2:11 PM, jdd <jdd@dodin.org> wrote:
Le 12/08/2014 19:47, Greg Freemyer a écrit :
With a 18 char password, even the weakest encryption scheme should be relatively secure
an 18 char passwd have to be written down, too long to be remembered. How do you do if you need it on travel?
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21 chars and easy to remember. Long passwords don't necessarily have to be complex, just long and relatively obscure.
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That process is called using rainbow tables to crack a password.
If you are using either short or common passwords, you will be part of the victim list.
Proper use of salt makes this much more complicated and I admit to not recalling the details of how salt plays into this.
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