1996-07-22 - Re: Length of passphrase beneficial?

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From: “William Ehrendreich” <bille@metro.net>
To: “Adam Shostack” <adam@homeport.org>
Message Hash: 2633f9d30697b5d102e8cfdad2298d5b03f757d7617f27796cac4c10fb559453
Message ID: <14414635309058@metro.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-07-22 18:39:36 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 02:39:36 +0800

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From: "William Ehrendreich" <bille@metro.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 02:39:36 +0800
To: "Adam Shostack" <adam@homeport.org>
Subject: Re: Length of passphrase beneficial?
Message-ID: <14414635309058@metro.net>
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> 	I disagreed with that assesment.  Breaking into a home is easy.
> 
> Adam
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> -- 
> "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."

Yes and ultimately more obvious. There are about 10 zillion ways that
someone could hide a pass phrase. Bits are bits. Under the assumption that
breaking into a home may be easy, you have to look at the possibility that
this is what the person is looking for. You know, "Big brother broke into
my house to subvert my freedoms", ploy. What a great way to get your self
on Date Line.







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