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How long should the password be to make this safe from brute force attack?
by p0w3n3d 2y ago
How long should the password be to make this safe from brute force attack?
- mthoms 2y agoThe FAQ recommends a minimum of 16 chars. Obviously it depends on your threat model.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- yoble 2y agoEspecially with 600k PDBKF2 iterations, 16 alphanum chars should be very safe. There's a (warning: very detailed) issue covering the topic of PBKDF2 iterations and password length over here, if you feel like diving into that rabbit hole: https://github.com/robinmoisson/staticrypt/issues/159 https://github.com/robinmoisson/staticrypt/issues/159