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Do the dictionary attacks use the common misspellings of words too?

 

Yeah, they do...

 

In addition, if your Windows password is less than 15 characters long, it's easy to break using a Rainbow Table due to the crappy way that Windows stores the passwords. It splits the password into two 7-character chunks, which are easily broken.

 

If you're interested, read here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_table

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At this point, probably.

 

Though I'm now wondering if dictionary attacks include words such as "retatta".

 

Thanks Tom, now I have to go and change all my !@#$ing passwords. :beer:

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