how many bit encryption ...
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pradeep_chauhan
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Oh you have got it all wrong the "bit encryption" that you is based on an algorithum or tecnique used to encrypt your password it can vary from 32 to 1024 and more. This is purly based on what tecnique is used and has nothing to do with your password string. What you need to know about your password is how "hard" it is. in the sense how difficult it is to crack it. For this there are various hardness testers that can be used.
enoonmai
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Like pradeep said, encryption is something totally different. You are talking about bit strength. Bit strength of a password is calculated based on various factors, like the number of characters/numbers, repetition of characters, numbers, positioning, special characters, bits of entropy of the password/passphrase, and a lot of other information, including the number of bit estimates per letter. Its highly mathematical and varies depending on which bit estimate you use, etc. So a password like mush25032005 would have a very low bit strength, not to mention a rock bottom security index, since its obviously a dictionary word combined with a date in the dd-mm-yyyy format. A 4-character password with just a-z and 0-9 and not using any special characters and excluding the similar characters, such as j78z would have an approximate bit strength of 22, while a 14 character password using A-Z, a-z, 0-9, special characters and not excluding any similar characters, such as Nv2cy$dwaMS!a& would have a bit strength of 92. For a more detailed explanation of bit strengths of passwords and passphrases and the mathematics behind them, read through the wonderful 3-part article by the guru of encryption, Jesper Johansson, along with the mathematics involved in them, here:
*www.microsoft.com/technet/security/secnews/articles/itproviewpoint091004.mspx
*www.microsoft.com/technet/security/secnews/articles/itproviewpoint091004.mspx
Doc Holliday
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Hi iinfi,
I punched in your password in the highly rated, completely-paranoid-about-encryption program called Steganos Security Suite and got 51 bits for your what Steganos calls "Password quality," and adds a comments that says "This password cannot be cracked by PC experts." The highest quality of password that is scaled by Steganos is 138 bit with the comment "This password cannot be cracked by the secret services (maxium security)."
Other vendors might have their own way of labelling and categorizing passwords (not sure of the details), or in other words using different algorithms for their encryption purposes.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
DH
I punched in your password in the highly rated, completely-paranoid-about-encryption program called Steganos Security Suite and got 51 bits for your what Steganos calls "Password quality," and adds a comments that says "This password cannot be cracked by PC experts." The highest quality of password that is scaled by Steganos is 138 bit with the comment "This password cannot be cracked by the secret services (maxium security)."
Other vendors might have their own way of labelling and categorizing passwords (not sure of the details), or in other words using different algorithms for their encryption purposes.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
DH
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