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Comment by bkeroack

Hi, author here.

I'd be interested in hearing how to accurately estimate passphrase strength assuming the attacker has perfect knowledge (ie, that you used Wordentropy to generate your passphrase, approximate length, etc).

In reality, though, no attacker will have this. Your password hash will be brute forced along with thousands or millions of others, so I think it's accurate to look at the password as a semi-random bitstream. In that case length trumps all other characteristics when it comes to security.

parent bkeroack 12 years ago

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