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You might want to read the cartoon again to see why this is useless, counterproductive advice.
by cdavidcash 15y ago
You might want to read the cartoon again to see why this is useless, counterproductive advice.
- dsmithn 15y agoIf this kind of thing takes off, it will become easier for dictionary based password attacks. Using this advice would go a long way towards preventing this.
- AdamTReineke 15y agoEasier, yes, but not easy. A dictionary attack on 4 words is the same as brute forcing 4 letters except now instead of just 26 letters there are thousands. 2000^4 vs 26^4 = 35,000,000% more to check.
- xyzzyb 15y agoYes, but the salt could also be useful for sites that require passwords to include a number, a non alphanumeric character, etc.