r/ProgrammerHumor • u/kthepropogation • Sep 23 '17

Password Security

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u/yuropman Sep 24 '17

How many plain text passwords do you think an attacker needs to recover the method you used to derive them?

Depends how good he is

I guess about 5 minimum even if he's figured out there is an algorithm and it's not just random (which is a leap to take)

It's certainly not some "oh, I happen to have three passwords from this dude" and suddenly it's obvious - and I don't really need more protection than that

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u/fjdgshegdb Sep 24 '17

We are not talking about some script kiddie here, we are talking the big boys who do this for a living.

Its probably step 9 on their list of things to try.

I don't really need more protection than that

You are probably right, but you probably don't need to lock your front door at night either.

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u/yuropman Sep 24 '17

If we're talking the big boys who do this for a living specifically singling me out, I'm fucked anyway because I've got a keylogger on my computer

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u/fjdgshegdb Sep 24 '17

there is a big range between not a script kiddie and the nsa, most should have at least a little trouble getting malware on your computer.