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So many of these domain names sound like plausible names of name-brand prescription drugs..


Back in high school, password generation for the students was ((consonant)(vowel)) times 3.

That algorithm alone is enough to end up with drugs for days.

Renova. Polina. Noreto. Baturo!


Or diseases: corona


Given the constant pattern and size none of those aspects contribute to the search domain size.

21 ^ 3 * 5 ^ 3 = 1157625 possible combinations.


I'm sorry, I don't get your point.


That's a very small search space and the passwords would be easily brute-forceable if there isn't some strong rate limiting.


Well yes, there were additionally special characters and numbers in the passwords.

This was also before the internet and for less than 100 students. Not used for any homework or graded work whatsoever.

I'm sure if you cracked a password you could steal someone's Blobby Volley.exe, but that's about it.


I got monocytogen.com. Definitely a name for a drug.


That or rare diseases. There is something quite medical or anatomic about a lot of them.


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Bradyshriek




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