From the course: Web Security: User Authentication and Access Control
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Strong passwords and password managers
From the course: Web Security: User Authentication and Access Control
Strong passwords and password managers
- [Presenter] Our discussions in this chapter have touched on how some passwords are more resistant to brute force and dictionary attacks than others. In this movie, we will look explicitly at the specific characteristics that make a password strong. A strong password has character variety. We observed this when we were comparing locks. A wheel numbered from zero to nine had less possibilities than a dial numbered from zero to 39. The dial had a larger key space to search, so we want to have passwords that make use of as many different types of characters as we can. We want to have uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. A strong password should be long. Our example with the locks showed that the lock with five wheels number zero to nine had a larger key space than the dial with three numbers that had more possibilities, zero through 39. Based on how fast computers are today, I think that 10 characters is…
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