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Lockouts & MFA: Capping Online Guesses

Lesson 8 of 815 minLab

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In this lesson

You compute how many online guesses two lockout policies allow per year, the chance of hitting a 6-digit PIN, the chance of guessing a one-time code before lockout, and the expected takeovers for 120 leaked passwords with MFA.

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Lessons in this course

  1. Character Sets & Search Space: N^LLab13 min Locked
  2. Entropy in Bits: L × log2(N) and a Rating TableLab14 min Locked
  3. Passphrases: Diceware-Style Word Lists & Bits per WordLab13 min Locked
  4. Guesses per Second & Time to Crack: Online vs OfflineLab15 min Locked
  5. Length vs Complexity: An Entropy Grid & Line ChartLab15 min Locked
  6. Policy Design: Length, Blocklists & MFA ComparedLab16 min Locked
  7. Password Reuse: 1 − (1 − p)^N Across SitesLab14 min Locked
  8. Lockouts & MFA: Capping Online GuessesLab15 min Locked