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Unless you made some kind of post-generator transformation to them, like added the first character to the end of every generated password. If it gives you 'aJ2
by err4nt 12y ago
Unless you made some kind of post-generator transformation to them, like added the first character to the end of every generated password.
If it gives you 'aJ2Y64f' and 'lLv8PV2S' and you decide to make those 'aJ2Y64fa' and 'lLv8PV2Sl' all of a sudden the ability to work backwards is lost, no?
- thirsteh 12y agoThat's just a matter of knowing the algorithm: If I know how you constructed the password, I know how to make candidate guesses. I don't even need to be able to work backwards; I just need to be able to reproduce one of your passwords (the same way you'd "reverse" a hash digest.) The best solution is randomness -- that's why secure random number generators are so fundamentally important in cryptography.