Joseph,
The whole issue of entropy is a bit vague for me - I don't
normally work at that end of things - so could you point to a
good tutorial on the subject, or barring having a reference
handy, could you give an overview?
Thanks,
Allen
Joseph Ashwood wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthias Bruestle"
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Subject: Private Key Generation from Passwords/phrases
What do you think about this?
I think you need some serious help in learning the difference between
2^112 and 112, and that you really don't seem to have much grasp of the
entire concept. 112 bits of entropy is 112 bits of entropy, not 76 bits
of entropy, 27 bits of bull, 7 bits of cocaine, and a little bit of
alcohol, and the 224 bits of ECC is approximate anyway, as you noted the
time units are inconsistent. Basically just stop fiddling around trying
to convince yourself you need less than you do, and locate 112 bits of
apparent entropy, anything else and you're into the world of trying to
prove equivalence between entropy and work which work in physics but
doesn't work in computation because next year the work level will be
different and you'll have to redo all your figures.
Joe
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