17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Tue, 12 Jul 1994 uunet!asu.edu!Ben.Goren@gedora wrote:
... The tradeoff is between number of characters needed (length of passphrase) and diversity of character set. I'd probably have better luck with the mnemonic if I didn't have to fit in a whole string of %*$@!, but that should probably be a user setting.
Good point. I prefer the )*&^$!(~ stuff in there, but some may not.
... Another possibility: have a dictionary of different parts of speech and assemble them in order. For a short example, each passphrase could be in an order such as:
Article adjective modifier noun verb article adjective modifier noun.
Good idea.
Umph. I think I need to start making time to write code, if I want to see this work.
Go for it!