In 2001, this was funny: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20011015 Today the password in that comic, &//]-A;;, can be cracked in hours with a $120 graphics card.
All posts for the day June 6th, 2011
The death of 8-character passwords
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 6, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/06/the-death-of-8-character-passwords/