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--- security_presentation [2025.08.01 12:58] – Steve Isenberg
+++ security_presentation [2026.03.17 15:16] (current) – [More About KeePass] Steve Isenberg
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 |15|6 hrs|1k years|43m years|600m years|15 bn years|
+[[https://www.passwordmonster.com/|See also this site]] to see how long it would take to crack your password!
 //Of course technology will improve over time and shorten these brute force crack times.//
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     * Passwords typically 14+ characters (upper/lower case and numbers)
     * KeePass tells me how secure a given password is
+(I'll use [[https://www.passwordmonster.com/]] to see how long each of these passwords would take to crack.
-Here is a possible password I might use: ''cqLbq2NHcuNmgU'' -- 14 characters, upper and lower case letters, and at least one number.  This one has entropy 82.06 which is deemed ”good”.
+Here is a possible password I might use: ''cqLbq2NHcuNmgU'' -- 14 characters, upper and lower case letters, and at least one number.  This one has entropy 82.06 which is deemed ”good”. (800 Trillion Years)
-Another: ''M6dehfJRn7dz7lM82K'' 18 characters with entropy 101.60 and is deemed ”excellent” by KeePass.
+Another: ''M6dehfJRn7dz7lM82K'' 18 characters with entropy 101.60 and is deemed ”excellent” by KeePass. (630 billion trillion years)
 By comparison
-|password|entropy 1.00|
+|password|entropy 1.00|(0 seconds)|
-|Password|entrypy 2.00|
+|Password|entropy 2.00|(0 seconds)|
-|P@$$w0rd|entropy 3.58 (and P@$$w0 has entropy 16.80 !)|
+|P@$$w0rd|entropy 3.58 (and P@$$w0 has entropy 16.80 !)|(0 seconds and 63.18 seconds)|