How Long Would it Take.....
To crack your passwords
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 by G3mpi3 | Discussion: Personal Computing
Hey Everyone,
I was reading Doc's recent post on passwords you shouldn't use, when I remembered this tool which calculates how long it would take to crack your password. It's safe to use, it was featured on gizmodo, and if you want to be reassured, read here. Some passwords only take a fraction of a second, and others can take years!
I have passwords ranging from 5 hours to 10 million years.
It's kind of a fun and useful tool to use, post your results if you want to share how good/bad your password is!
http://howsecureismypassword.net/
Reply #2 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 6:44 PM
Haha never thought of that.........maybe when entering in your password, change a few letters or numbers.
Reply #3 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 6:53 PM
Just tested the strongest password I use
About 700 million years
Reply #4 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:02 PM
Create a website asking users for their passwords
???
Profit
For god's sake, don't enter your real passwords. That's just common sense.
Reply #5 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:03 PM
To crack your passwords
About 2 seconds! I've known it for some time now! 
Reply #6 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:10 PM
Previous Windows logon password: about 32 minutes.
Current Windows logon password (slightly altered): about 6 days.
Ubuntu password: 18 hours.
Wikia password: 3 minutes
Mom's email account password: 7000 years.
Planned Wikia password: 4000000000000 years. (This password will no longer be the planned one).
Reply #7 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:10 PM
I wonder how secure that little calculator is ... I mean, what better way to collect passwords?
*doc having a paranoid moment.
Reply #8 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:19 PM
I agree with doc. You guys are training a computer program to hack. 
Reply #9 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:35 PM
myfisto thats one creepy avatar 
ohh yeah got side tracked ....... Count my vote towards the.....Do not put in passwords!!!
Reply #10 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:43 PM
if you type in a-z and then 1-25 it will say 2 vigintilion years, rofl.
Reply #11 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:54 PM
Regarding the security problem- I'm not too worried about it (although I still change a few key letters in my passwords when I put them in there). The problem with using this thing to harvest passwords is that it has no real way of linking a password with any specific user on the hundreds of thousands (millions? billions??) of web services that require passwords. For instance, if I type in GFM/42%50, how does the service know if that's my Wikia password, Stardock forum password, email password, or something else entirely, and how does it know that it's Scoutdog's and not FredLed's or DrJBHL's forum password. I suppose it could trace your IP, but that would still be of rather limited use...
Reply #12 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:58 PM
Not only do they have your password/s ( if entered), remember they also have an IP address to tie that password/s to....A hackers dream if it were that easy!
Reply #13 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 8:07 PM
507 sextillion years 
...
http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/howsecureismypassword.net
But still play it safe.
Reply #14 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:03 PM
Alas, the format is more important than the password.
If your bank account has a simple password field using ajax verification without even contacting the server inbetween, you're fucked. If it's a randomized key display you have to click on, with a slow server on the other end, breaking a simple six digit pin will take a very long time. If they lock out your account after three failures, cracking it isn't on the menu.
Reply #16 Wednesday, January 12, 2011 9:55 AM
I tried a variation on a password I no longer use. Here is the result.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, January 11, 2011 6:41 PM
I can see this site getting hacked adn all hell breaking loose.