![]() Many attackers jump-start this process by starting with a list of known common passwords or words used in passwords. ![]() One reason we were told never to use normal words (or common names) in passwords is that there are simple attacks called “dictionary attacks” that try all words, or all combinations of words, one after the other, until something works. If you remember nothing else from this article, let it be this: size matters. Consider padding the password with a random character to make it even longerĪs you can see, there’s a new emphasis on length. ![]()
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