About.com Horses readers have submitted the ages of the oldest horses they know, and it's clear that many horses live beyond the age of 30 with good care. The average age is 28 + 5 years. That means the average life span is 25 to 33.
An annual study of the most commonly used passwords has found that password, 123456 and 12345678 are still the most commonly used passwords-despite years of security experts urging people to change them to more secure versions.
Answer Wiki. Imagine you need to authenticate users on a website using a password. The most obvious solution is to store the raw password in a file and compare that to the password they've entered. This has the problem that any breach of the password file reveals the user's real passwords.