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kragen
on Aug 12, 2011
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You seem to believe that you are saying something different from the comment you are replying to, but actually you seem to simply not understand it.
keithnoizu
on Aug 14, 2011
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are you kidding, i'm pointing out the historical reasons for why we add punctuation chars in our passwords, as it directly impacts the solution space a brute force attack needs to cover.
kragen
on Aug 15, 2011
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No, I'm not kidding. And the comment you were replying to already explained that.
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