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Five random english words (100000^5) is stronger than 12 random printable ASCII characters (95^12). It's more memorable, too. User-hurting policies like "Thou
by gcr 11y ago
Five random english words (100000^5) is stronger than 12 random printable ASCII characters (95^12). It's more memorable, too.
User-hurting policies like "Thou shalt have at least 2 symbols in thine password" are partly to blame.
- Dylan16807 11y agoYou want to be careful that you don't end up with "five random english words (4000^5)", though. And it's hard to enforce people not using phrases.