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A longer password will take substantially longer to crack than a shorter one of equal complexity.
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True. More characters increase cracking time drastically.
Note: Longer is not universally more secure, as it depends on the size of the key space AND the complexity of the password (i.e. not based on a dictionary word/phrase + appendage.)
Example of password length versus key space size
26 letters of English alphabet all lower case. Key space = 26 A password length of... 12 equals a key space size of 95428956661682176 13 equals a key space size of 2481152873203736576
26 letters of English alphabet lower and upper (52) + numbers 0-9 (10) + basic symbols above numbers (!@#$%^&*())(10). Key Space = 72 A password length 10 equals a key space size of 3743906242624487424 (larger than both the other "longer" passwords).
Complexity trumps length in most cases
Further....a password with a length of 12 such as: 21FootB@ll21 would be "cracked" faster than a shorter password of length 9 that was NOT based on a dictionary/appendage method: D&9%11pFa
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