A bit of cryptography, passwords strength, and sysadmins

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This recent webcomic from xkcd, Password Strength, relates to what I’ve been investigating lately–the question of whether there need be a tradeoff between password strength and ease of recall, using, as usual, my knowledge of finite algorithmic information theory. While my conclusions will be presented in a paper in the next few months/years, the webcomic [...]
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Title A bit of cryptography, passwords strength, and sysadmins
This recent webcomic from xkcd, Password Strength, relates to what I’ve been investigating lately–the question of whether there need be a tradeoff between password strength and ease of recall, using, as usual, my knowledge of finite algorithmic information theory. While my conclusions will be presented in a paper in the next few months/years, the webcomic [...]
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Entry date Aug 17, 2011, 7:40 AM UTC
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