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Monday, April 10, 2006

Just how safe is your password?

Following up on ther "Password is NOT a four letter word!" article, this UK site, has a chart for the maximum time it would take a computer or a cluster of computers to guess a password. 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?

Get the details at:

For instructions on "How To Build Better Passwords", see Fred Langa's article at InformationWeek



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