Jeff Davis wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 15:52 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
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>>> It takes about 32 hours to brute force all passwords from [a-zA-Z0-9]
>>> of up to 8 chars in length.
>>>
>> That would be a reason to limit the number of failed connection attempts
>> from a single source, then, rather than a reason to change the hash
>> function.
>>
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> That doesn't solve the problem of an administrator brute-forcing your password.
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Indeed. These brute force checkers aren't checking them by actually
trying the connection.
cheers
andrew
