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

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