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1. br23net
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   How safe are the genererated passwords which WP randomly generates for you? They are usually just 7 characters long. Isn't it too short for a brute force attack? Is it possible to launch a brute force attack against a WP blog?

2. chaaban
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   they are just temp password :) you should change it and make a new one when you get the blog online .

   There is nothing secure ...

3. juber0
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   Hey they are real safe man. But change it when u get the chance. lol... Safe passwords are a variance of numbers and charcters. such a password would be 1d2h78aujgbsn

4. whooami
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #
   

   "Safe passwords are a variance of numbers and charcters. such a password would be 1d2h78aujgbsn"

   such a password would not be that, such a password would be:
   Qasd3j^+

   As for brute forcing. of course a person can launch a brute force attack-- its the success rate that matters. The automatically generated passwords are done using the srand() function, I am assuming, so they ARE random and contain a nice mix of caps, numbers and chars, however that doesnt keep anyone from trying.

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