FORGOT PASSPHASE

[Richard B. Tilley]

How long would a brute force attack take if I had a pass phrase that contained 3 dozen chracters and 8 empty spaces? Say the processor is 1Ghz. It may not be impossible, but it maight as well be.

On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 23:25:24 +0300
Tommi Vainikainen <tvainika@cc.hut.fi> wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, rtilley@vt.edu wrote:
> > I think it's impossible. If you can't remember the passphrase, then
> > you are out of luck.
> 
> Not of course impossible.  Bruteforce attacks work always, ie. just
> trying every possible password.  Also keep in mind that password is
> usually shorter than key.
> 
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> Tommi Vainikainen
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