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New SSH attack weakens passwords
Ann Harrison, SecurityFocus 2001-08-17

Researchers say the elapsed time between keystrokes can reveal much about your password.

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SSH Keystroke Timing Attack 2001-08-30
Anonymous Coward
The keystroke timings on passwords aren't usefull, but I'm sure one can still determine the length of the password to a decent degree.

On the other hand, initial passwords aren't the only interesting things to see as someone mentions here later....

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