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|    Secure Ranking of Passwords or Passphras    |
|    04 Jul 24 21:38:15    |
      XPost: alt.privacy.anon-server              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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