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Mar 02

Time to crack passwords

Below table represents estimated time to crack passwords based on passphrase lenght and complexity.

 

Of course time may differ depending on number of factors like:

  • Using dictionary words in passwords may allow almost instant crack ( for example if “rainbow tables” are beign used)
  • Hardwa used (CPU/GPU power, RAM etc.)
  • Application used to crack password (how optimized is a code, programing language used etc.)
  • Which symbols are included (more symbols longer time to crack)

 

password-cracking-table

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