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Password Strength Testing

Password Strength Testing

Q Create and test two NEW passwords (do NOT share any real password(s) of yours) Please create from scratch two NEW unused passwords: 1) Share a password you just made up for this post, which can be cracked "instantly" according to the site provided above and 2) A second newly crafted password which needs > one million years for crack Share these two new passwords in the discussion forum here, along with your response to these questions :) • Can you trust the website linked above in QR, as a safe [place to share an actual password of yours? How could you tell if this is a safe place to send a password? https://www.security.org/how-secure-is-my-password/ (Links to an external site.) • Can you identify what makes these strong passwords strong, and what makes the weak ones weak? • When is it OK to reuse the same password for multiple sites? • Do you have a story of password compromise(crack/theft) which you'd like to share, otherwise please imagine what could go wrong if a password of yours is compromised? • Share one good practice for making a strong password? • Give an example of two factor authentication, where do you see this used?

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Weak Password: Hello Strong Password: Paiufhsjdkc! Yes, this website is listed as secured because the entries are not stored and it is secured by amazon encryption. A password that contains upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special characters is called a strong password. and password which contains some special names are called weak passwords.