Re: Password alternatives

[Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2010-03-31 Brent Gardner wrote:
> How does an attacker, when presented with nothing but a username field
> and a password field, know how strong the password is?

By gathering intelligence beforehand? It's a rather bold assumption that
any given attacker will have zero knowledge about his target. Plus, your
passwords should hold, even if the attacker does know how strong they
are.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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