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Comment by nsmalch

XKCD's diceware argument fails under certain conditions. Computationally very hard to crack, but when plucked from actual phrases that have been uttered; weak.

So to give an example, any natural language phrase like:

"I took a walk in a park" is easier to crack.

I am certain there is somebody coding an infinite-monkey-type bruter to crack diceware as we speak:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem

parent nsmalch 11 years ago

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