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- From: kentborg at borg.org (Kent Borg)
- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 14:45:29 -0500
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On 02/01/2017 12:03 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 1/31/2017 8:48 AM, Kent Borg wrote: >> "15-ladder-bamboo-sierra" is an easy password to remember and type, yet >> it has 40-bits of entropy. Even if some bizarrely configured sshd > It also uses dictionary words. Using dictionary words (read: not random) > reduces the effective entropy of the key. > It most certainly does. If you take binary data and encode it as base64, it doesn't reduce the entropy, it is just a coding, no data is gained or lost, it is a reversible operation. In this case I am doing the same thing, but coding as words. It is fully reversible, no data is lost or gained. See: http://preshing.com/20110811/xkcd-password-generator/ and: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diceware Passwords don't have to look like random gibberish to have good amounts of entropy: 04-premium-student-viking! -kb
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