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Hey Guys,
I have often noticed that most times when we register to a website it asks for a long length password. Why is this so?? What not use shorter length passwords as it would be much more easier to learn.
I hope i am not asking a silly question.

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A long length password contains a few characters. The bigger the amount of characters, the more time it takes for a brute force hacker to gain acces to your website.

Definition of brute force hacking: trying out all the different combinations that are possible.

When a password is long and contains alot of different characters, it's very hard to hack it using brute force. This is why some sites say you need to have a password of atleast 8 characters or so.

~G

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