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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:02:45
Message-Id: 4F0DFA1D.6050209@libertytrek.org
1 On 2012-01-11 3:56 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:04:01 -0500
3 > Tanstaafl<tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
4 >> http://passwordmaker.org/
5 >>
6 >
7 > I haven't read the site yet, but just on the basis of your description,
8 > all I'm seeing is a teeny-weeny amount of entropy leading to
9 > passwords that are very easy for computers to compute.
10 >
11 > The algorithm is probably known and there can't be that many unique
12 > attributes to a URL, leading to a very small pool of random data.
13 >
14 > In fact, I see this as a distinct possibility:
15 > http://xkcd.com/936/
16 >
17 > Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
18
19 You are wrong, but you'll need to read the site to learn why...

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Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>