Brute force Password Grinding - The combinations
1 Character password (84)1
= 84
( 84)
2 Character password (84)2 = 7056
(7 thousand)
3 Character password (84)3 =
592, 704
(592.7 Thousand)
4 Character password (84)4 =
49,787, 136
(49.8 Million)
5 Character password (84)5 =
4,182,119,424
( 4.1 Billion)
6 Character password (84)6 =
351,298,031,616
(351.3 Billion)
7 Character password (84)7 = 29,509,034,655,744
(29.5 Trillion)
8 Character password (84)8 =
2,478,758,911,082,496 (2.5
Quadrillion)
Total = 2,508,623,476,276,260
(Still roughly 2.5 Quadrillion)
If you
could try 5000 passwords/second, it would take you over 15,000 years of
continuous operation to crack the password
8 Character password (84)8 = 2,478,758,911,082,496 (2.5
Quadrillion)
9 Character password (84)9 =
208,215,748,530,929,664 (208
Quadrillion)
10 Character password (84)10 =
17,490,122,876,598,091,776
(17 Quintillion)
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11 Character password (84)11 =
1,469,170,321,634,239,709,184
(1.5 Sextillion) |
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And what if we used some Non-Standard ascii characters and
extended the possible character set to 308 (some extra Windows characters are
also allowed in passwords)
Uncrackable Win2k/NT4 Passwords |
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8 Character password (308)8 =
80,985,213,602,868,822,016 (80
Quintillion) |
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