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arrow-up1730arrow-down1imagewtf is this?i.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareCalavera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoSorry, what do you mean by 12 characters?
minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoAll numbers in a passcode means 10 possible values for each position: 0-9. Just the letters in the phrase “second breakfast” include 12 possible values at each position which means mathematically there are more possible solutions.
minus-squareCalavera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 months agoBut the attacker wouldn’t know about that. He does not know if the password is just characters, numbers etc…
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_attack
minus-squareCalavera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoI was thinking about that because probably the first world on these dictionaries is “password”
minus-squarejpeps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoSpeaking of not knowing things, how do you know the attacker’s pronouns?
minus-squareZhao@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoThis made me laugh pretty hard for some reason. Thank you.
minus-squarethis_is_router@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoWhere do you get the 12 from? Alphabetical is 26 variations per character, not 12.
Sorry, what do you mean by 12 characters?
All numbers in a passcode means 10 possible values for each position: 0-9. Just the letters in the phrase “second breakfast” include 12 possible values at each position which means mathematically there are more possible solutions.
But the attacker wouldn’t know about that. He does not know if the password is just characters, numbers etc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_attack
I was thinking about that because probably the first world on these dictionaries is “password”
Speaking of not knowing things, how do you know the attacker’s pronouns?
This made me laugh pretty hard for some reason. Thank you.
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Where do you get the 12 from? Alphabetical is 26 variations per character, not 12.