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  2. Password strength - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength

    Password strength. Options menu of the random password generation tool in KeePass. Enabling more character subsets raises the strength of generated passwords a small amount, whereas increasing their length raises the strength a large amount. Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password against guessing or brute-force attacks.

  3. List of the most common passwords - Wikipedia

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    The Worst Passwords List is an annual list of the 25 most common passwords from each year as produced by internet security firm SplashData. [4] Since 2011, the firm has published the list based on data examined from millions of passwords leaked in data breaches, mostly in North America and Western Europe, over each year.

  4. Key size - Wikipedia

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    Key size. In cryptography, key size or key length refers to the number of bits in a key used by a cryptographic algorithm (such as a cipher). Key length defines the upper-bound on an algorithm's security (i.e. a logarithmic measure of the fastest known attack against an algorithm), because the security of all algorithms can be violated by brute ...

  5. Brute-force attack - Wikipedia

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    In cryptography, a brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of eventually guessing correctly. The attacker systematically checks all possible passwords and passphrases until the correct one is found. Alternatively, the attacker can attempt to guess the key which is typically created from ...

  6. Argon2 - Wikipedia

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    Argon2. Argon2 is a key derivation function that was selected as the winner of the 2015 Password Hashing Competition. [1][2] It was designed by Alex Biryukov, Daniel Dinu, and Dmitry Khovratovich from the University of Luxembourg. [3]

  7. Wikipedia : Password strength requirements

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    Although Wikipedia:User account security has contained standard advice for password strength for some time, the English-language Wikipedia did not have password strength requirements for its first 14 years. In late 2015, there was a security breaching incident involving users with advanced permissions that led to a security review.

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