On 27/09/18 09:35, James Knott via talk wrote: > On 09/27/2018 09:29 AM, Jamon Camisso via talk wrote: >> f.,,H%+IMpQ-yDG+W'5'+AmjU$CcF*ZK >> >> That said, if that's a password for a human, I pity the person who has >> to type it. > > What??? You mean you haven't memorized it? ;-) >> What are you using passwords like that for, as opposed to some kind of >> key based auth? > > I use that sort of password for WiFi. However, I use the Perfect > Passwords from www.grc.com. They have 63 random character strings just > for that purpose. > > Here's an example: > "57,%Y9N<Ure}tgrJO[7DS;NElk~/\"mxPyE1BB#,n!so%sl/j6[0JS*R_Db(Yx
Doesn't seem worth the hassle for short sequences. GRC sequence: echo '"57,%Y9N<Ure}tgrJO[7DS;NElk~/\"mxPyE1BB#,n!so%sl/j6[0JS*R_Db(Yx' |ent |grep Entropy Entropy = 5.468750 bits per byte. pwgen sequence: pwgen -s -y 63 1 |ent |grep Entropy Entropy = 5.538910 bits per byte. Negligible difference, and FWIW Ted Ts'o wrote pwgen. Cheers, Jamon --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
