Longer passwords are better, but why? 2 reasons.

1st – this mathematical formula:

X^Y= Z

2nd – that a password guessing script can make 25 billion guesses, per second.

So! 

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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