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List:       gnupg-users
Subject:    Re: A better way to think about passwords
From:       Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg () fifthhorseman ! net>
Date:       2011-05-27 23:16:03
Message-ID: 87mxi7ag5o.fsf () fifthhorseman ! net
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On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:49:58 -0700, Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.us> wrote:
> Summary: A 3-word password (e.g., "quick brown fox") is secure against
> cracking attempts for 2,537 years.
> 
> http://www.baekdal.com/tips/password-security-usability

A computational linguist's rebuttal to Baekdal's post:

 http://trochee.net/2011/05/fragments-will-not-save-us/

The takeaway: Baekdal's analysis only holds for extremely naïve brute
force attempts.  Please don't assume that all attackers will be so
naïve.

        --dkg

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