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   Secure Ranking of Passwords or Passphras   
   04 Jul 24 21:38:15   
   
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   http://www.stack.nl/~galactus/remailers/passphrase-faq.html   
      
   The above site is now defunct, but here is another source.   
   https://www.iusmentis.com/security/passphrasefaq/strength/   
      
   These are examples of passphrases and the PS numbers   
   associated with them. If you can work through these and   
   get the same numbers, then you are well on your way to   
   understanding how to make passphrases good or bad.   
      
   .280 An average phrase   
   There is a sucker born every minute.   
      
   .761 Phrases with some random letters.   
   Ignorance is bliss.   
   spgemxk Education cures ignorance.   
      
   .855 Nonsense phrase   
   betty was smoking tires in her peace of pipe organs and playing tuna   
   fish.   
      
   1.05 A random bunch of characters.   
   A6:o@6 Ls+\` uGX%3y[k   
      
   1.125 Random words   
   paper factors difference votes behind chain treaties never group   
   (I misspell some words to protect against a dictionary attack.)   
      
   1.34 Odd capitalization/punctuation and nonsense.   
   Web oF thE Trust is BrokEn cAn You Glue it Back ToGether? and give it   
   xRays.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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