Password Safety
Just how safe is your password?
Following up on our article "Password is NOT a four letter word!" this UK web site has researched and calculated a chart to illustrate just how fast online criminals can guess your password. This is scary stuff.
For example, a 6 number password could take as long as 10 seconds to guess. But more than likely would be instantaneous. So how many numbers are on your ATM card password?
Lock Down says:
> "This (chart) shows the approximate amount of time required for a computer or a cluster of computers to guess various passwords. The figures shown are approximate and are the maximum time required to guess each password using a simple brute force "key-search" attack, it may (and probably will) be possible to guess correctly without trying all the combinations shown using other methods of attack or by having a "lucky guess". [End Quote]
Get the details at:
* http://www.lockdown.co.uk/
Who is "Lockdown" ?
LockDown.co.uk set up shop on May 15th 1999, to provide FREE computer security information to the online community. The aim is to collate and distribute information that will enable home computer users to secure their computers and the data stored on them.
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Distributing and educating home computer users about security requirements is an important and much needed enterprise.
Be sure to see the UGN SafeNetting article "Password is NOT a four letter word!"
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