Assignments, Digital Security

Digital Security (Assignment One)

I would say that the passwords listed are stupidly easy to guess. They've used the simplest phrases/numbers to incorporate into the passwords that any one really could guess them. For example, the password "abc123." The password "password." In my opinion they are probably going to be the easiest things for any one to guess. Personally I've never used any of those passwords listed, I always made up my own, and tried to make it as difficult as possible for anyone to guess. Seniors probably will use passwords like those, just because they aren't fully aware of the consequences & don't know much about technology. Some may have a hard time remembering their passwords - so they pick the easiest thing they know, or write it down on paper where it's out in the open. Those aren't good ideas, but, if they do have problems remembering, maybe they should pick the name of their pet or a family member. Something they know really well & that they don't have to write down. Another terrible easy password that is not listed there is probably just any password related to "1234567890". Things like that. Passwords don't necessarily have to be long. Just something only you'd know. The strongest passwords are the ones including letters, numbers & symbols all in the same password.
                                               
Hercules Code (Assignment Two)

I pasted the password "TMLLo$343vaKid" listed into howsecureismypassword.net. The "answer" I got for as to how strong that password really is, was that it would take a desktop PC about 157 billion years to crack. I made up a password to test on the same site. The password I chose was "Th3Ra1n1n$pa1n" as in, "The rain in Spain." It answered that it would take about 2 billion years to crack. So what I noticed was that the strongest chosen passwords each consisted of numbers, symbols, and letters. The more letters/numbers/symbols you have in your password: the safer it is. I tried to make a password that would be even stronger than the listed one (which apparently is "BEST.") This is what I chose: TRI$$HIN3$MA1NLY0NTH3PLA1N. As in the phrase, "The rain in Spain shines mainly on the plain." You know how long it will take for a desktop PC to crack that? About an octillion years. Much much more than TMLLo$343vaKid can be cracked in. I went to the link they gave for me to use (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/pc-security/password-checker.aspx) tested my password there & it put: Strong.