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This is actually pretty cool. From the article: Not too bad for a passphrase like “bolt vat frisky fob land hazy rigid,” which is entirely possible for most pe
by salibhai 11y ago
This is actually pretty cool.
From the article:
Not too bad for a passphrase like “bolt vat frisky fob land hazy rigid,” which is entirely possible for most people to memorize. Compare that to “d07;oj7MgLz’%v,” a random password that contains slightly less entropy than the seven-word Diceware passphrase but is significantly more difficult to memorize.
At one trillion guesses per second — per Edward Snowden’s January 2013 warning — it would take an average of 27 million years to guess this passphrase.
- TheLoneWolfling 11y agoThe other advantage? It's generally faster /easier for someone to type something like "bolt vat frisky fob land hazy rigid" than "d07;oj7MgLz`%v,". At least it is for me.
- garrettr_ 11y agoIt's easier on keyboards (since we spend most of our time typing lowercase letters as part of text) and also on mobile (since you don't need to do annoying and error-prone context switching for capital letters or symbols). I think this is one of the greatest unspoken benefits of Diceware-style passphrases!
- srathi 11y agoIs the one trillion guesses per second with or without the key-stretching (hashing the master password N number of times)?
- digitalpacman 11y agoI actually can remember a password like the d07 one easier because of keyboard pattern matching. That's how I generate passwords is I draw patterns on the keyboard. It's so unpopular that nobody creates tables for keyboard patterns entries.
- beltorak 11y agoI created an account just for you.... https://github.com/Rich5/Keyboard-Walk-Generators https://github.com/Rich5/Keyboard-Walk-Generators