Monday, July 25, 2005

Why the 6 character password minimum

ABC...XYZ: 26 characters
abc...xyz: 26 characters
123...890: 10 characters
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for one character: 62 possible combinations
two: 62^2= 3,844
four:62^4= 14,776,336
six: 62^6= 56,800,235,584 possible combinations [with CaSe SEnsItiVitY]
six: 36^6= 2,176,782,336 possible combinations [without case sensitivity]
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thus the longer characters, the harder is to crack the password.


That was fun to type up.