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Password Security & Strength Evaluation

📌 Objective

The goal of this task is to understand what makes a password strong and evaluate different passwords using online password strength tools.
This helps in learning best practices for password creation and understanding common attacks like brute force and dictionary attacks.

🛠 Tools Used

📂 Steps Performed

  1. Created multiple sample passwords with different levels of complexity:

    • Weak → only lowercase (e.g., password , Ramu)
    • Medium → letters + numbers (e.g., Pass1234 , Ramu143)
    • Strong → mix of upper, lower, numbers, symbols (e.g., P@ssw0rd!2024 , Ramu@2003)
    • Passphrase → random words combined with symbols (e.g., Blue!Tiger_Cloud#92 , R4mu@K!ng#452)

  2. Tested each password using online password strength tools.

    • Recorded scores and feedback.
    • Saved screenshots for evidence.

  3. Compared results to understand how length, symbols, and randomness affect strength.

  4. Researched password attacks:
a b
  • Password Ramu@143 shows Very strong as per left webpage but as per right website it is medium and can be carcked in 6 days
c d
  • Password Prasad@2003 shows Very strong as per left webpage but as per right website it is weak and can be carcked in <30minutes
e f
  • Password Cyb3rS3cur!ty@444 shows Very strong as per left webpage but as per right website it is strong and can be carcked in 13 days
g h
  • Password $H4nmukh@674 shows Very strong as per left webpage but as per right website it is very strong and can be carcked in 6800 years too long to crack

📊 Results

  • Weak passwords scored very low and were flagged as easy to guess.
  • Adding numbers & uppercase improved strength but still not safe enough.
  • Long passphrases with mixed characters gave the highest score.

Key takeaway:

👉 Length + Complexity + Unpredictability = Strong Password

✅ Best Practices for Strong Passwords

  • Use 12–16+ characters.
  • Mix uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols.
  • Avoid personal info (name, DOB, etc.).
  • Prefer passphrases (multiple random words).
  • Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
  • Use a Password Manager to generate/store passwords.