You have chosen a 22 character word from the dictionary as your password. How long will it take to crack the password by an attacker?
A.
5 minutes
B.
16 million years
C.
200 years
D.
23 days
Explanation:
A dictionary password cracker simply takes a list of dictionary words, and one at a time encrypts them to see if they encrypt to the one way hash from the system. If the hashes are equal, the password is considered cracked, and the word tried from the dictionary list is the password. As long as you use a word found in or similar to a word found in a dictionary the password is considered to be weak.