[conspire] Password permutations (was: Correction)

[paulz at ieee.org]

 I recall that I got it wrong in a previous post and was corrected, but let's work out the answer.
Suppose the password can be selected from 26 upper case letters, 26 lower case letters, 10 digits and 8 punctuation marks for a total of 70.

If the password is 1 character there are 70 possibilities.
If the password is 2 characters there are 70 * 70 = 70 ^2 possibilities.
If the password is N characters, there are 70^N possibilities.

    On Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 8:18:19 PM PDT, Texx <texxgadget at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 
Re Ricks not explaining how he does his passwords:Indeed you should NOT tell us how you do it.  Otherwise would be a groos breach of security.Dont appologize for being right....
Regarding Ricks & Pauls posts, I see a conflict.Is it number of pitibilities per digit to the power of the number of digits?Or is it number of digits to the power of the number of possibilities per digit?

  
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