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I’m not a security expert, but I have to agree with rob74. I was taught by a mentor that from a computational standpoint, all those typical ‘uppercase/ lowercase/ special character’ rules are worthless. The only thing that makes a password stronger is the length. Now from a human or social engineering standpoint they might make sense. It might make it less likely someone chooses something that could be found using a…
You're right that length is an important factor. Each bit doubles the possible options because there are two symbols (0 & 1). Generally, the possibilities are S^P where S is symbols, P is positions, and ^ raises S to the power P. Except you're not using bits, you're using characters so if you lop of symbols, uppercase, and numbers using only lower case you lose possibilities (reducing S). The number of symbols in pri…
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#41Thanks for the detailed explanation!