Start using 12 character passwords or longer
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:21 am
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
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