Visit the following websites and answer the questions that follow. Use a passwor

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Visit the following websites and answer the questions that follow. Use a password you currently use or something very similar but use the same password for each website for comparison.

1. Type in your password you currently use in the following website: https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm How long will it take to crack your password is use a Massive Cracking Array Scenario?

2. Go to http://www.passwordmeter.com/ Enter the same password. How complex is it? If you add a symbol (%,$,#,@) at the end does it change? What about two symbols?

3. Go to https://identitysafe.norton.com/password-generator# and select to create a password that is as long, use of symbols, upper/lower case, etc. as the password you used above. Could you see yourself using this password? What are the challenges?

4. What are some current guidelines to use when creating a secure password?

Explanation / Answer

Password used : chegg@expert$$

Ans 1. According to the website it would take 20.03 centuries to crack my password using a Massive cracking Array Scenerio.

Ans 2. After inserting the same password i got 63% score & complexity Strong.

   After adding one symbol i got  77% score & complexity Strong.

   After adding two symbols i got 92% score and complexity Very Strong.

Ans 3. After filling the specifications the randomly generated password is : H0Afr=u9L@slAS

Yes, I can see myself using this password in future.

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Ans 4. Guidelines for creating a secure password :

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