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Passwords 2009-07-08
From Tim:
pretend I have a password that is - 9k7d4112p5o

assuming that you continuously guessed wrong until that exact combination was the only possible answer left; how many times would you have to guess?

capital letters are not relevant and you do not know how many digits there are

Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
 
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