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Beginners Questions • Re: Root password strength

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if there is a serious network danger, then i should change my password of course. But how strong it should be?
There are lots of articles about this, I think this one gives a good idea of the problem: About password complexity: Are we fooling ourselves?
However, I don't completely agree on the solution. If you take the proposed password example “Mywifeisallmylove” (“difficult to crack (by a computer)” and “has the advantage of being easy to remember”) it is actually difficult to crack by a computer unless the method uses combinations of words found in a dictionary. “Myw1fe1sallmyl0ve” complicates dictionary attack, as does “Mafemmeestmonseulamour” which involves a French dictionary.
Does anyone have a link or two handy about this happening "in the wild," i.e., the real world?
Not a link but open port 22 and look at your logs.

Statistics: Posted by fabien — 2024-04-12 12:01



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