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Computing entropy for a passphrase ( minimal word length … )
Edit: 2013-05-17
After reading first answer from Tom Leek and some docs around the web, I've begin to write some options to my tool genpassphrase.pl:
$ ./genpassphrase.pl -h
Usage: genpassphrase.pl ...
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Are passwords made up from concatenating a few foreign words better than shorter random characters?
Does it make sense to insert a foreign word into a paraphrase to mitigate against brute force? For example:
"pussiMeansCatInEskimo"
"caballoMeansHorse"
"CatIsGatto"
"SalopeMeansBitch"
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Can a dictionary attack crack a Diceware passphrase?
Everyone knows the words used in Diceware passwords (all 6^5 = 7776 words are published) -- they're all common words.
Everyone seems to know that we're not supposed to use dictionary words for ...
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How should I make diceware passphrases more memorable?
I find that truly random diceware passphrase, more often than not, either contain a word that is easily misspelled or has an order that is illogical. I think there are three ways to make a diceware ...
