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Re:Amazon.com Security Flaw Accepts Passwords That Are Close... by jemfinch on Saturday January 29, 2011 @12:33AM (#2154756)
Strong, 8-character passwords are 1 in 5132188731375616. Is that really so weak?
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Re:Amazon.com Security Flaw Accepts Passwords That Are Close... by nbpoole on Saturday January 29, 2011 @02:19AM (#2154959)
That depends on how fast you can check for validity.

See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2003888 or http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1545576 for examples of how fast certain types of brute-force attacks have become.

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