One can go to various websites and find out how many seconds it takes to 
crack a classic 8 character MPE password.

Such websites have columns for numbers only, numbers with upper and 
lower case letters, then adding weird symbols, NONE of them have a 
column for an estimate for numbers and case IN-sensitive letters.

And those estimates assume immediate return and response, discounting 3 
attempts plus disconnects.

Has anyone ever calculated what it takes for that same 8 character 
password to be brute forced with typical HP3000 behavior?

connect
wait for prompt
3 attempts
disconnect
reconnect
wait for prompt again
3 attempts
rinse, repeat, ad infinitum?
I'm guessing some seconds or partial seconds waiting between disconnect 
and re-prompting.

-- 
Tracy Johnson
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