Re: Have I been hacked?
On Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 10:49:49AM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
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> SSH passwords are very safe, if they are long enough. For instance, if
> you have a 10 character password, mixed case and numbers (no special
> characters), a brute force attack of 100 attempts per second would take
> almost 266 million years to cover all possibilities. 11 characters
> would take over 16 billion years - longer than the life of the universe.
That's the key phrase, "to cover all possibilities" Don't forget, it's
possible to hit pay dirt on the first try...or the 3rd...or the 20th...
or the 500th...or the 50,000th...or the last possibility.
I constantly hear references to mind boggling lengths of time required
to crack passwords/phrases. I think it's misleading, especially to a
beginner. On the other hand I have to admit I can't come up with a
better way.
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Bob Holtzman
Giant intergalactic brain-sucking hyperbacteria
came to Earth to rape our women and create a race
of mindless zombies. Look! It's working!
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