We want to brute force a password, that is 8 characters and only includes lower-case letters. If we try 1,000,000,000 combinations per second, how many seconds will it take to crack that password, on average? Enter precision of <=0.1, and as a full number (not scientific notation).

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Liberty Welch

Computers & Technology

2 February, 11:11

We want to brute force a password, that is 8 characters and only includes lower-case letters. If we try 1,000,000,000 combinations per second, how many seconds will it take to crack that password, on average? Enter precision of <=0.1, and as a full number (not scientific notation).

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Aniya Brandt · Answer 1

The total time will be 208.8271 seconds.

Explanation:

For 8 characters:

26*26*26*26*26*26*26*26=

208,827,064,576

Here we are taking 26 because there are 26 albhabets in lower case letters.

Now

208,827,064,576 / 1000,000,000

=208.8271 seconds

So to run 208,827,064,576 time will take 208.8271 seconds