From: Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu>
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 94 12:31:35 PDT
To: bmorris@netcom.com (Bob MorrisG)
Subject: Re: PASSWORD DIFFICULTIE
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Bob MorrisG writes:

| i.e. "spinachwalrusgazebo" is three words, and to me, would seem immune
| from a dictionary attack, because the attack only uses single words.  Is
| this right?

	I fail to see why the attack can't be extended.  Yes, its a
lot of combinations, but fewer than trying to guess 'the 43(!) BROWN
FOxes jump over the {lazy} "dog."  Its a lot fewer tahn trying to
guess zlpfq*20M

Adam


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