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That would just be a hash collision. They all have 'em. You not only need to be able to get to THINGS, you need to get to THINGS in an arithmetic sequence of no
by stan_rogers 14y ago
That would just be a hash collision. They all have 'em. You not only need to be able to get to THINGS, you need to get to THINGS in an arithmetic sequence of non-article words (first from the first, second from the second, third from the third, and so on). Given that even in an exhaustive dictionary, the definitions are finite in length (and that the hash space is only three words short of the message space), the collision frequency is probably pretty low. In much the same way, I don't need to know your password, I just need to stumble across something that hashes to the same value. (It would likely be useless elsewhere even if you use the same password everywhere, unless the same salt, peppper and hash algo are being used there as well, but it'll still work on that one account.)