Password De-Complexity
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To get back to my original point, what I am trying to convey here is that a longer easier to remember password is often safer than a shorter harder to remember one. That said, it's not all black and white. :-)
Regards, Nish
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Each digest is created by adding 65 bytes, 64 digits = 512 bytes which is exactly the length of single-iteration digest, this means this has two iterations, therefore a shorter string exists that could generate exactly the same hash as the one that is hashed by your passwords. Not that it could be guessed in seconds/hours/days/years, but it is not as difficult as this calculation. Basically anything beyond 447 bits does not increase the difficulty.
Plamen Dragiyski wrote:
but it is not as difficult as this calculation.
I agree with you. I was basically summarizing for brevity and generalizing for analogy in order to explain it without all the details. Thanks for adding to the conversation. Always like to think about how to make these things more clear and more correctly explained. :thumbsup:
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using gesture or swipe input on mobiles, too hard to do some of the specials
Sin tack ear lol Pressing the "Any" key may be continuate
That just means you're not using the right keyboard[^] :-\
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raddevus wrote:
Those silly password checkers will say they are of medium complexity.
Ya, sure. I was only off by one character when I tried to guess your password. :laugh:
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
Off by one character, in EVERY character position :-)
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That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
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But we still use it on our corporate iPads now that a lock code is enforced as accessibility is more important than security for demo apps.
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I've noticed with several sites I have an account with that they no longer allow special characters in passwords. That seems like a move in the wrong direction. Special characters allow passwords to be more complex so I wonder why some are making this change. Has anyone else noticed this?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Typing passwords on mobile devices is the worst! That's one of the big reasons I created C'Ya Pass so you never have to type a password again. You can get the free Android version right now. This really isn't spam. It's totally related. You can read my articles here where I formulated this new idea of generating passwords that are SHA256 hashes (probably as unhackable as a password could ever be). You can also get the windows version of C'Ya Pass at my site: C'YaPass: F*orget All Your Passwords | Never Memorize A Password Again <br/> Never Type A Password Again <br/> Never Make Up A Password Again[^] I'm really not trying to be spammy. You can read all about technology behind this here at CP in my articles.
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I just want Android to include a general, always available, "see password" option. Mine are nearly all English sentences or phrases, so it's more typing on a wee tiny touch screen and lots of chance of mistakes.
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I just want Android to include a general, always available, "see password" option. Mine are nearly all English sentences or phrases, so it's more typing on a wee tiny touch screen and lots of chance of mistakes.
Follow my adventures with .NET Core at my new blog, Erisia Information Services.
Yeah, it's really difficult. You could type your password in a Note app copy and paste into the target I guess? Thank goodness paste still works in password fields (most).
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