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How Long It Actually Takes to Crack a Password
The answer depends far more on which hashing algorithm protects the password than on how many symbols it contains. Here is the actual math, worked through for both.
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Why Forced Password Complexity Rules Make Passwords Weaker
Requiring a capital letter, a digit and a special character feels like it should help. NIST dropped the recommendation years ago, because in practice it mostly doesn't.