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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>- Failure by proving passwords letter by letter&lt;br&gt;<br /> - On PDP-10 Tenex OS&lt;br&gt;<br /> - Opens timing attack&lt;br&gt;<br /> - Instead of (A^N)/2 it only takes A^(N/2) (A = alphabet of characters, N = number of characters used for the password)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> ----<br /> [[Passwords - The Need for Trusted Path|Back (The Need for Trusted Path)]] | [[Passwords - Table of Contents|Table of Contents]] | [[Passwords - Attacks on Password Storage|Next (Attacks on Password Storage)]]</div>

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