Longer passwords are better, but why? 2 reasons.
1st – this mathematical formula:
XY= Z
2nd – that a password guessing script can make 25 billion guesses, per second.
The password – kerio – uses only lower case alphabetical characters, of which there are 26.
So our formula is: 265 = 11 billion = cracked in 0.5 seconds
The bigger both numbers =
the better off you are
Here’s a proper, 25-digit password: “)pCdjAL’x*^KgV3XE!x*w!1P
It uses lower case letters (26), upper case (26), numbers (10), and symbols (32) = 9425 = 2.1291014e+49 = cracked in weeks = attacker likely moves onto an easier target
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