1994-07-03 - Re: Password Difficulties

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From: smb@research.att.com
To: schneier@chinet.chinet.com (Bruce Schneier)
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UTC Datetime: 1994-07-03 00:06:05 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 2 Jul 94 17:06:05 PDT

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From: smb@research.att.com
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 94 17:06:05 PDT
To: schneier@chinet.chinet.com (Bruce Schneier)
Subject: Re: Password Difficulties
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	 Figure that each English character has 1.8 bits of entropy.
	 (This is a conservative number, because it doesn't take into
	 account case, spacing, or punctuation.)  If I want a
	 passphrase that will map into a 64-bit keyspace, I need at
	 least a 35-chararcter phrase.

Don't forget the difficulty of typing such a long phrase, with
echoing turned off.

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• 1994-07-03 (Sat, 2 Jul 94 17:06:05 PDT) - Re: Password Difficulties - smb@research.att.com
  • 1994-07-03 (Sat, 2 Jul 94 23:43:44 PDT) - Re: Password Difficulties - joshua geller <joshua@cae.retix.com>
  • 1994-07-03 (Sun, 3 Jul 94 02:02:04 PDT) - Re: Password Difficulties - Alan Barrett <barrett@daisy.ee.und.ac.za>
    • 1994-07-03 (Sun, 3 Jul 94 11:35:48 PDT) - Re: Password Difficulties - Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
      • 1994-07-03 (Sun, 3 Jul 94 13:47:57 PDT) - Re: Password Difficulties - Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
      • 1994-07-04 (Sun, 3 Jul 94 17:25:13 PDT) - Re: Password Difficulties - “James E. Riggs” <venom@kaos.aum.edu>