PASSWORD DIFFICULTIE
Adam Shostack
adam at bwh.harvard.edu
Sat Jul 2 12:31:35 PDT 1994
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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Adam Shostack adam at bwh.harvard.edu
Politics. From the greek "poly," meaning many, and ticks, a small,
annoying bloodsucker.
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