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October 1998, Week 4

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Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 21 Oct 1998 22:27:02 -0700
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Tracy ponders:
> Well if you start guessing passwords by typing a new one from
> 1 to 8 characters (not case sensitive) and starting with a letter at the
> rate of 1 password every six seconds ...
>
> I would take what, 3 to 6 months?  A year?

At one try per six seconds, I come up with something like an *average* of
250,000 years to guess an 8 character alphanumeric password.

G.

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