Start using 12 character passwords or longer

[Chuckt]

Teraflop Troubles: The Power of Graphics Processing Units May Threaten the World’s Password Security System

http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/casestudy/Te ... ity-System

"The researchers used clusters of graphics cards to crack eight-character passwords in less than two hours.

But when the researchers applied that same processing power to 12-character passwords, they found it would take 17,134 years to make them snap."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation ... l?hpt=Sbin

Or use sentences for your passwords

[brad]

Wouldn't a simple fix be to just lock you out after entering in the password incorrectly after three attempts?