how long should a password be?

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Mon May 5 16:30:41 CEST 2008


On Mon,  5 May 2008 14:18, apple at royds.net said:

> So there are only 64 bits in an 8 character password, which can be
> cracked quite quickly using rainbow tables for any password.

That is unlikely to work because gpg uses a random 64 bit salt as well
as extended hashing.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner


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