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It takes almost two seconds before my linux machine replies the password is incorrect while the correct one gets accepted almost instantaneously.

Bibek_G
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    See [Why is there a big delay after entering a wrong password](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/2126/why-is-there-a-big-delay-after-entering-a-wrong-password) – Mark Plotnick Sep 09 '15 at 02:28
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    That means I should probably delete this question. Thanks. – Bibek_G Sep 09 '15 at 02:32

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Actually, that's an intentional delay to prevent someone from being able to brute force a bunch of passwords in a short time.

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