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Actually, since you normally can't use anything but characters in the 0x20-0x7E range, the 8 char password has much less entropy: 95^8 ~= 6.63E15. I love the b
by kijinbear 15y ago
Actually, since you normally can't use anything but characters in the 0x20-0x7E range, the 8 char password has much less entropy: 95^8 ~= 6.63E15.
I love the backtick in my passwords. If a website accepts it and doesn't give me any issues, it's a decent indicator of basic security.
- drcode 15y agoRight- I was just correcting the dude's math :-)
- zobzu 15y agohey it was an honest typo
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago>the 8 char password has much less entropy: 95^8 ~= 6.63E15 // Most of the word usage is going to be limited though too. testyourvocab.com put the average at 27k I think. We're looking for words one can remember easily so the word pool is going to be a lot lower - 15000^4 ~= 5E16 FWIW.