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Check your password security strength against the fastest computer in the world

Check your password security strength put up against the fastest supercomputer in the world, the TianHe-2[1]. In Chinese, it reads as "Heavenriver-2", that is, "Milky Way 2") is a 33.86-petaflop supercomputer located in National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou[2]


This does not take into account the first quantum computer created by D-Wave Systems[3] systems in Vancouver, BC, Canada which can brute-force[4] all combinations in one pass. 

Check your password here, don't use you really one, alter it slightly. 
https://password.kaspersky.com/[5]

For example,

A 10 digit alphanumeric password "13a8Be502" will take 4 seconds to crack against the TianHe-2[6].
A 17 digit alphanumeric password "13a8Be502eF 673d5" will take about 12 months to crack.

References

  1. ^ TianHe-2 (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. ^ National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou (en.wikipedia.org)
  3. ^ D-Wave Systems (en.wikipedia.org)
  4. ^ brute-force (singularityhub.com)
  5. ^ https://password.kaspersky.com/ (password.kaspersky.com)
  6. ^ TianHe-2 (en.wikipedia.org)
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