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This is an insecure approach. Dictionary style attacks now can account for phrases from vast libraries of literature, pop culture, or anything else you're like
by WhitneyLand 12y ago
This is an insecure approach. Dictionary style attacks now can account for phrases from vast libraries of literature, pop culture, or anything else you're likely to remember.
- indubitably 12y agoBut the suggestion is to carry out a simple hash on the input phrase — one could use the second or third letter, for instance. (Or the first, second, third, first, second, third…) How could a dictionary-style attack predict all possible such arrangments?
- WhitneyLand 12y agoWhy not? The only limit on password cracking techniques is combinatorial complexity. This gives an overview: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/how-the-bible-and-youtube-are-fueling-the-next-frontier-of-password-cracking/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/how-the-bible-and-yo...
- jorgis 12y agoBut do they take into account obscure maintenance manuals for foreign cars?