How Secure Is Your Password?

So you think you know how to devise strong, damn near impenetrable passwords? Just how secure are your passwords? Do you really know your stuff when it comes to security? Great! Now answer the following question:

"Which of the following two passwords is stronger,
more secure, and more difficult to crack?

D0g.....................

                                                                     PrXyc.N(n4k77#L!eVdAfp9" source: GRC.com

 You can thank Steve Gibson of the Gibson Research Corporation for that question. I don't want to spoil the answer for you so click here and find out the answer as well as the explanation of the answer, and security concepts such as password padding.

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