Word – How to determine the entropy of a password

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How can I tell if a password has good enough entropy to prevent brute-forcing on a realistic timescale? For example, if I have the following password, how can I determine if it is strong enough to prevent brute forcing?

"?e&ye&ga!ruaa!na!e%ta!e%rc#Iod$woH"2245

Best Answer

There's a site that can give you an estimated entropy figure for a password input. For the above example it suggests ~210 bits.

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You can get a very rough guess of how long it will take to crack on How Secure Is My Password.

It suggests it would take a standard desktop PC 2 vigintillion years to crack the password in your example.

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A more detailed analysis of the password can be seen on The Password Meter.

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