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  • From: DonBartholf AT aol.com
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Math Problem
  • Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 10:27:00 EST

In a message dated 2/25/05 10:25:41 PM Central Standard Time, machett AT ibiblio.org writes:

So!, assuming use of the 95 non-control characters of a standard English
keyboard, what would be the formula to calculate the number of possible
combinations for a password allowed N characters long (remember the
password *could* be 1-N characters long in actuality).  Is it as simple as
95^N??

-Alan
Yes - If you allow characters to repeat. The techincal name for this is "to allow replenshment" If characters are not replenished then it would be 95*94*93*and so on up to the number of characters allowed. Don B.



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