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by Tostino 3286 days ago
That 57 years is assuming they're storing their passwords MD5 hashed, with a salt (hah, i'm sure they thought of that if they're using MD5), and using the least efficient method possible to crack the passwords.
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It also assumes only a single system... not a cluster of several hundred or thousands. It also assumes no weaknesses in the algorithm itself that may be mitigated.