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>The password "12345" has the same entropy as "b0g4p" but it would be a mistake to think they are equally secure. Those do not have remotely equal entropy.
by mistercow 14y ago
>The password "12345" has the same entropy as "b0g4p" but it would be a mistake to think they are equally secure.
Those do not have remotely equal entropy.
- mnarayan01 14y agoAt the byte level it does, which is presumably what the OP was talking about when saying that replacing characters with digits (uniformly) does not affect entropy.
- mistercow 14y agoMaybe, but I would hope that's not what s/he meant, because that kind of entropy is basically irrelevant to password strength.