Which of the following is NOT a weakness of password-based authentication? Passw

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Question

Which of the following is NOT a weakness of password-based authentication?

Passwords transmitted across a network can be subject to eavesdropping.

Passwords are often forgotten, necessitating a recovery mechanism that may introduce security holes.

Passwords are easily copied or shared.

Computers can efficiently try all possibilities for passwords, even if they are sufficiently long and random.

Passwords transmitted across a network can be subject to eavesdropping.

Passwords are often forgotten, necessitating a recovery mechanism that may introduce security holes.

Passwords are easily copied or shared.

Computers can efficiently try all possibilities for passwords, even if they are sufficiently long and random.

Answer:

Computers can efficiently try all possibilities for passwords, even if they are sufficiently long and random.

Explanation:

No it's efficient to find password by trying all possibilities...

For example a 12 character length password will take..8516 years to crack by a super computer...

Which is not effective

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