On 9/26/2014 4:40 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
> I'd consider using `mkpasswd -l 15 -s 0` just to avoid any such
> problems. 15 random alphanumerics is already plenty complex, 62^15th
> possible combinations, without needing to mix in special characters.
>
> $ mkpasswd -l 15 -s 0
> eec1kj7ZsthlYmh
btw, thats 768,909,700,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible passwords. 768
septillion, using the aamerican 'short scale' naming convention. if you
could brute force try 10000/second, it would merely take
24,365,800,000,000 centuries (24 trillion).
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