related to davids post about encryption check how secure your passwords are<br><br>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0.5em">via <a href="http://lifehacker.com" class="f">Lifehacker</a> by Kevin Purdy on 10/31/08</div><br style="display:none">
<p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2008/10/password_crack.jpg" width="141" height="84" align="right" hspace="4" vspace="2">Ever wonder how long it would take a dedicated soul to bust into your email, home network, or other password-protected places? Enter your character counts into <a href="http://www.hackosis.com/projects/bfcalc/bfcalc.php">Hackosis' Brute Force Calculator</a>, which crunches how long it would take a brute force cracker to get through. Don't want to share your password stats? Get the count offline with <a href="http://www.mandylionlabs.com/documents/BFTCalc.xls">spreadsheet from Mandylion Labs</a>, and then get to <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5051905/how-to-protect-your-email-from-hackers">locking down your email</a>. [<a href="http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/how-strong-is-your-password/5160/">via</a>]</p> <br style="clear:both">
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