Matthias Bruestle wrote: [snip]
Regarding passphrase entropy: Getting entropy into a rememberable passphrase is a related, but completely different problem.
Here might be a screwy way of increasing the entropy of a passphrase while still allowing it to be readable/memorization.
At Cambridge a number of years ago they were doing readability studies and out of it came the following funny quote:
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdenaig. The phonemneal pweor of the hmuan mnid ! Aodccrnig to rserceah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dnsoe't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the hmuan mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azmanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuoht slpeling was ipmrtnoat.
Well, it sure messes with any dictionary based attack. :) Best, Allen --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
