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Re: Password validation security issue

References (2 earlier) <let920$fmn$1@ger.gmane.org> <CAPTjJmq0MYQugUnsL52ZN0um=V3iABHmM4+vsffD=+2YV7t=MA@mail.gmail.com> <mailman.7533.1393703687.18130.python-list@python.org> <roy-9A72E9.15254701032014@news.panix.com> <letlmg$gne$1@ger.gmane.org>
Date 2014-03-02 09:13 +1100
Subject Re: Password validation security issue
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.7541.1393712015.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> wrote:
> On 01.03.2014 21:25, Roy Smith wrote:
>> In article <mailman.7533.1393703687.18130.python-list@python.org>,
>>  Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> wrote:
>>
>>>  With software like [1] and a fast GPU
>>> it is possible to do more than 10*10^9 checks/second for SHA-256.
>>
>> Just out of curiosity, how does that differ from 10^10 checks/second?
>
>
> I find 10 * 10^9 easier to read because it has more resemblance to "10
> billion". Next time I'll use the normalized scientific form 1.0e10. ;)

I wasn't sure if it ought to have been 10^9 or 10^10. In any case,
that makes only one order of magnitude of difference, and based on the
way I generate passwords, that still leaves it at 60-ish years of GPU
spinning. (It'd be 600 years at 10^9.)

ChrisA

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Password validation security issue Renato <rvernucio@gmail.com> - 2014-03-01 09:49 -0800
  Re: Password validation security issue Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 05:11 +1100
  Re: Password validation security issue Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2014-03-01 19:31 +0100
  Re: Password validation security issue Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-03-01 12:38 -0600
  Re: Password validation security issue Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 05:43 +1100
  Re: Password validation security issue Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 05:45 +1100
  Re: Password validation security issue Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2014-03-01 20:54 +0100
    Re: Password validation security issue Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-03-01 15:25 -0500
      Re: Password validation security issue Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2014-03-01 23:07 +0100
      Re: Password validation security issue Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 09:13 +1100
  Re: Password validation security issue Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 07:11 +1100
  Re: Password validation security issue Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> - 2014-03-02 20:25 +0100
    Re: Password validation security issue Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-03-02 15:01 -0500
      Re: Password validation security issue Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 07:32 +1100
      Re: Password validation security issue Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-03 01:16 +0000
        Re: Password validation security issue Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 18:52 -0700
          Re: Password validation security issue Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-03 04:38 +0000
            Re: Password validation security issue Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 16:44 +1100
            Re: Password validation security issue Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 23:50 -0700
        Re: Password validation security issue Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 13:56 +1100
          Re: Password validation security issue Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-03-03 08:41 -0500
            Re: Password validation security issue Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 00:55 +1100
              Re: Password validation security issue Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-03 16:46 +0000
                Re: Password validation security issue Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 05:46 +1100
            Re: Password validation security issue MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-03-03 16:29 +0000
            Re: Password validation security issue Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-03 17:41 +0000
  Re: Password validation security issue Renato <rvernucio@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 15:10 -0800
    Re: Password validation security issue Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 18:49 -0700
    Re: Password validation security issue Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-03 02:30 +0000

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