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> they specifically select sentences that form a poem that is valid in the English language How many possible rhyming couplets are there? I'll give you a hint,
by nshepperd 11y ago
> they specifically select sentences that form a poem that is valid in the English language
How many possible rhyming couplets are there? I'll give you a hint, it's a huge number.
> and is easy to memorize.
They do this by choosing from a million candidates. That reduces the key space by log2(1000000) ~ 19.9 bits. Compensate in full by increasing the key size by two more words.
> social engineering
Irrelevant. The passphrases are selected by computer.
> to about 10,000
Do the actual calculations.