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Re: Password policy.

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On Tuesday 13 November 2018 14:01:51 Reco wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 12:49:17PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Tuesday 13 November 2018 11:23:13 peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_
> > >good _password specifies "6 to 8 characters".  Is that adequate
> > > against currently available brute force?
> > >
> > > Thanks,                                  ... Peter E.
> >
> > "John the ripper" can find a 6 char word in a couple seconds on a
> > slow machine.
>
> Against sha512? Or against old Unix crypt? There's a difference, and
> it's measured in orders of magnitude, not times.
>
> Reco

I don't recall as it been a decade or more since I saw that article


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Password policy. peter@easthope.ca - 2018-11-13 18:10 +0100
  Re: Password policy. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-13 18:30 +0100
  Re: Password policy. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-11-13 18:50 +0100
    Re: Password policy. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-13 20:10 +0100
      Re: Password policy. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-11-13 22:50 +0100
        Re: Password policy. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-14 05:40 +0100
    Re: Password policy. peter@easthope.ca - 2018-11-13 21:00 +0100
      Re: Password policy. Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-11-13 21:10 +0100
      Re (2): Password policy. peter@easthope.ca - 2018-11-13 22:20 +0100
        Re: Re (2): Password policy. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-14 05:40 +0100
  Re: Password policy. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-13 19:20 +0100
  Re: Password policy. Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2018-11-13 19:40 +0100
    Re: Password policy. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-13 20:10 +0100
      Re: Password policy. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-13 21:20 +0100
        Re: Password policy. peter@easthope.ca - 2018-11-14 03:40 +0100
  Re: Password policy. peter@easthope.ca - 2018-11-14 04:10 +0100
    Re: Password policy. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-14 10:50 +0100
      Re: Password policy. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-11-14 11:30 +0100
        Re: Password policy. Corey Manshack <corey@manshack.me> - 2018-11-14 11:40 +0100
          Re: Password policy. Corey Manshack <corey@manshack.me> - 2018-11-14 12:30 +0100
            Re: Password policy. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-11-14 12:30 +0100
              Re: Password policy. Corey Manshack <corey@manshack.me> - 2018-11-14 13:20 +0100
                Re: Password policy. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-11-14 15:30 +0100
                Re: Password policy. Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2018-11-14 16:50 +0100
          Re: Password policy. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-11-14 12:30 +0100
        Re: Password policy. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-14 12:20 +0100
          Re: Password policy. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-11-14 15:40 +0100
            Re: Password policy. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-14 17:00 +0100
              Re: Password policy. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-11-14 17:50 +0100
                Re: Password policy. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-14 21:30 +0100
              Re: Password policy. Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-11-15 01:10 +0100

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