Difference between revisions of "Talk:936: Password Strength"
(Created page with "You still have to vary the words with a bit of capitalization, punctuation and numbers a bit, or hackers can just run a dictionary attack against your string of four words. ~~~~") |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
You still have to vary the words with a bit of capitalization, punctuation and numbers a bit, or hackers can just run a dictionary attack against your string of four words. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|purple|David}}<font color=green size=3px>y</font></u><font color=indigo size=4px>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 09:12, 9 March 2013 (UTC) | You still have to vary the words with a bit of capitalization, punctuation and numbers a bit, or hackers can just run a dictionary attack against your string of four words. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|purple|David}}<font color=green size=3px>y</font></u><font color=indigo size=4px>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 09:12, 9 March 2013 (UTC) | ||
| + | |||
| + | No you don't. Hackers cannot run a dictionary attack against a string of four randomly picked words. | ||
| + | Look at the number of bits displayed in the image: 11 bits for each word. | ||
| + | That means he's assuming a dictionary of 2048 words, from which each word is picked randomly. | ||
| + | The assumption is that the cracker knows your password scheme. | ||
| + | [[Special:Contributions/86.81.151.19|86.81.151.19]] 20:17, 28 April 2013 (UTC) | ||
| + | Willem | ||
Revision as of 20:17, 28 April 2013
You still have to vary the words with a bit of capitalization, punctuation and numbers a bit, or hackers can just run a dictionary attack against your string of four words. Davidy²²[talk] 09:12, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
No you don't. Hackers cannot run a dictionary attack against a string of four randomly picked words. Look at the number of bits displayed in the image: 11 bits for each word. That means he's assuming a dictionary of 2048 words, from which each word is picked randomly. The assumption is that the cracker knows your password scheme. 86.81.151.19 20:17, 28 April 2013 (UTC) Willem
