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hey like i donno what to call then but here goes
open note pad
press alt and then press 12345
u will get 9
PRESS 123456789 and you get " § "
press 01202515843 and you get " ƒ"
like what are these and can we use them in p/w
coz if we do that then we can sure prevent a brute force it can we???
Hi
as per Ascii:
You just have discovered how to print ascii-coded characters [1].
For example:
ALT-48 prints a "0"
ALT-560 also prints a "0". Why: because 560-2*256 = 48.
There are 256 characters. Any multiple of 256 is substracted such that
the remaining number is between 0 and 255.
12345 - 48*256 = 57. And ALT-57 is a 9.
as per passwords:
yes, good point, you might be able to use special characters also in the password.
usually people use about 60 different characters, ie the number of possibilities
to bruteforce is 60^{length_of_password}.
with that ascii-trick, you can use about 200 different characters (note, some are control characters
and should not be used). then, the number of possibilites is
200^{length_of_password}, which is much higher and more difficult to bruteforce given
a certain length_of_password.
However, in my opinion, its easier to keep a long-enough password using the 60 characters
in mind instead a difficult combination of ascii-codes.
Cheers
[1] http://www.asciitable.com/
Please remember that some systems/applications do not permit the use of certain characters, so it would depend very much on what the password was for.
For example AO supports a much more sophisticated password than GMail. :)
Another thing is to test it afterwards :cool: ...........I have seen systems that appeared to accept 16 characters, but would actually let you in with the first 8 :eek:
Here is a link that might be of interest.........
http://lastbit.com/pswcalc.asp
It will tell you how long it will take to brute force your password with a 100% probabliity (1.0) Obviously, if they get lucky then it will take less time, also it depends on the power (speed) of the machine used.
Cheers