, 2006-02-22
Federico Biancuzzi interviews Solar Designer, creator of the popular John the Ripper password cracker. Solar Designer discusses what's new in version 1.7, the advantages of popular cryptographic hashes, the relative speed at which many passwords can now be cracked, and how one can choose strong passphrases (forget passwords) that are harder to break.
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John the Ripper 1.7, by Solar Designer - Google Truths
2009-05-07
Abhinav Karnawat - Innovation Loves Constraints
Abhinav Karnawat - Innovation Loves Constraints

Does that mean I'm better off using a password with *uniform* distribution of characters -- e.g. mmmmmmmm or m_m_m_m_ ????
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