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A user can only have one password. How does entropy come into play ?
by Trrrrappp 3y ago
A user can only have one password. How does entropy come into play ?
- rezonant 3y agoEntropy here is referring to how random the user's password is, and thus how difficult it will be to guess it. For example, a four character password which can be comprised only of lowercase a-z has much lower entropy than a four character password which can have A-Z and a-z (and the case is significant). Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/936/ https://xkcd.com/936/
- Trrrrappp 3y agoI may be misunderstanding it. But they are switching the case, not turning it lowercase. So trying both AbCd and aBcD, because that's what you'd type if caps lock was on.