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Nowadays, in the world of computers, it is exceptionally
important to create secure logins and passwords. Let us look at the two most
common weaknesses of a password/login.
1. Short length of the password/login
"Brute force" is a method of cracking a password, when a password is estimated
by looking at all possible variations. A short password of
up to five symbols is pretty easy to find out. Let's look at the time someone
would need to figure out a password, consisting of four symbols such as small
and capital letters and numbers- total of 62 possible symbols. All possible
combinations would come to a total of:
624 = 14776336 combinations.
If an intruder's computer is able to check 100 variations a
second (which is possible if there are a few computers working at the same
time), to check all possible variations of your password he will need:
14776336 / (100*60*60*24) = 1,71 day
It's less then two days!
If you are using a password, consisting of 8 symbols, under the same conditions
the required time will be 70000 years- much more secure.
2. A simple word in the password login
Using a simple word for a password/login is just as
dangerous as using a short one. The thing is, not only a lot of people use
common words for password, they also use the words they associate with the word
"password." Using the word "password" for password is a huge mistake. Don't
think that the intruder won't guess it- he doesn't have to! It's been a while
since the whole databases-dictionaries of the most commonly used passwords have
been composed. For example, a lot of people like to use their first and last
name, year and date of birth, words "god", "password", "login"- to make things
easier to remember. Big mistake. It's easier for the intruder to check a
database of approximately 70000 words (regular speech is using about 500 words)
for ten minutes then check all other possible combinations. That's why you
shouldn't use words, names, last names, dates... What you need is a combination
of letters and numbers that is neither short nor easy to guess. Or, at least,
some kind of an unusual word, that is hard to guess with extra numbers or
letters added to it. Create a login/password of no shorter then eight
characters to avoid both of the vulnerabilities.
SecureWord is your essential assistant on this matter.
All of your data will be stored under a 256-bit password (2256 =
1.15*1077 or a 70-digit number of possible combinations. SecureWord
will also help you to create safe passwords for other websites/programs.
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