There is an interesting article on password characteristics by Bruce Schneier on Wired News:
“How good are the passwords people are choosing to protect their computers and online accounts?
It’s a hard question to answer because data is scarce. But recently, a colleague sent me some spoils from a MySpace phishing attack: 34,000 actual user names and passwords…
…passwords are getting better. I’m impressed that less than 4 percent were dictionary words and that the great majority were at least alphanumeric.”
Wired News: MySpace Passwords Aren’t So Dumb
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