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Originally Posted by raymor
That's why I said "on average". There's an infinitesimal chance (roughly one in 577,026,378,634,231,908,944,070) of getting one right on the first guess. There's an equal chance of guessing any particular combo last. "On average" are important words if you're going to get into the math.
Of course, even if I had forgotten those words amd I was off by a factor of a million, that doesn't change the fact that the attacker will die long before succeeding.
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There is no doubt that you are correct and it would be virtually impossible to hack a user combo through Strongbox which I know to be a superior product having used it before. But this is GFY and there is a measure of shit we are almost obligated to give anyone who posts Star Trek figures. If I were to sit down and try to hack a Strongbox site, I would give up after, say, 10 tries. That's because I understand 10, but cannot get a handle on 577,026,378,634,231,908,944,070. Anyway, I value my time conservatively at $60 an hour so it would be more efficient just to buy a membership. Hey, was that your plan all along?