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Assume that passwords are limited to the use of the 95printable ASCII characters

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Question

Assume that passwords are limited to the use of the 95printable ASCII characters and that all the passwords are 10 characters in length. Assume a passwordcracker with an encryption rate of 6.4 million encryptions per second. How long will it take totest exhaustively all possible passwords on a Unix system? Assume that passwords are limited to the use of the 95printable ASCII characters and that all the passwords are 10 characters in length. Assume a passwordcracker with an encryption rate of 6.4 million encryptions per second. How long will it take totest exhaustively all possible passwords on a Unix system? Assume that passwords are limited to the use of the 95printable ASCII characters and that all the passwords are 10 characters in length. Assume a passwordcracker with an encryption rate of 6.4 million encryptions per second. How long will it take totest exhaustively all possible passwords on a Unix system?

Explanation / Answer

95*95*95*95*95*95*95*95*95*95/6.4million =95^10/6.4million