Ernest finds a laptop that seems to have an encrypted drive. He knows the owner of the laptop works for a company that requires 15 character strong passwords. With a good quality password cracker how long will it take Ernest to brute force this password?
A) 5 minutes
B) 30 seconds
C) 12 Million years
D) 2 days

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It is impossible to know exactly how long something like this will take. Look for extremes. Strong and long passwords take a long time, while short, weak or dictionary words take the shortest time.

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