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by ElectricalUnion 1392 days ago
> A dictionary attack breaks a mere four English words in half a jiffy.

What system allows you to try 2⁴³ passwords in half a jiffy?

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I don't know what 2^43 would equate (four of the 1500 most common English words?), but an A100 GPU cluster at AWS would be a good starting point. I know, it's beyond the scope of you, me, and the neighbor kid. What I'm trying to get across is that short dictionary passwords have several innate vulnerabilities. They shouldn't be considered "long complicated passwords" until they're actually long.