-----Original Message----- From: Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> Cc: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] Re: Ubuntu Forum hacked Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:14:32 -0400 <snip> I repeat, strong encryption solutions don't prevent rainbow table based attacks UNLESS you use long passwords that nobody else has ever used and been stolen (or decrypted). The decrypted issue is important, because let's assume you use the password "Iloveobamamorethanlife", that's a 22 char password which should be safe, but if someone else used the same password on a system with a weak password, then if it got hacked and the passwords cracked, then it might be in the bad guys database of 20 million known real passwords. <snip> -----Original Message----- OK Greg, It is only true for longer passwords. How about a 512 chars long randomly generated pwd? cryptographic cards are between 6 and 22 euro's That should even give our friends at the NSA a nice tea-break ;-) hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org