Password Recovery Speeds Classes of Attack

Password Recovery Speeds

How long will your password stand up


This document shows the approximate amount of time required for a computer or a cluster of computers to guess various passwords.


10 Characters
Numerals
0123456789

26 Characters
Upper Case Alpha
Lower Case Alpha
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

36 Characters
Upper Case Alpha
Lower Case Alpha
Numerals
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789

52 Characters
Mixed Alpha
AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz

62 Characters
Mixed Alpha and Numerals
0123456789AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz

86 Characters
Mixed Alpha & Symbols
AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~

96 Characters
Mixed Alpha, Numerals & Symbols
0123456789AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~


Classes of Attack

These are just some example speeds, I'd be interested to hear from people with more information about the speed taken to crack various types of passwords with various hardware.

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