-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey folks,
Sorry, this is off-topic, but I thought all the security folks who lurk and participate on this list might be interested. I'm doing a little investigation, and I could use some experimental data. For those who would like to participate, I'd like you to generate some random passwords and send them to me. I need 5 passwords per person, but you should generate them one at a time, then wait at least an hour before generating the next, to keep them pretty much independent. The passwords should be *random* strings of characters that you just pull out of your head, no words or birthdays or anything like that, just sit down and come up with a random string that: a) you think makes a secure** random password, and b) you think you could memorize within a few days or a week and use as your main password (for instance, for logging in to your computer). The only limitation is the passwords can only contain upper- and lower- case letters, the digits 0-9, and the following punctuation marks: a dot (.), and dash (-), and an underscore (_). It doesn't have to contain all of those characters, of course, but that's your working alphabet. If you want to participate, please send the "passwords" to me by email. You can feel free to encrypt them if you'd like, my key-id is listed in the signature. I'm hoping to have some interesting results to report in the next few weeks. (And no, I'm not going to try to break into anyone's system, but you obviously shouldn't be sending me passwords you actually use or will use anyway). - -Brian ** - For whatever your definition of "secure" is. - -- Feel free to contact me using PGP Encryption: Key Id: 0x3AA70848 Available from: http://keys.gnupg.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJKQNv6AAoJEHOUulIkSI7c6F8H+gJdQsUBC2WOS/4QjXkXKgSm WdmR7SfmAf5inLu4B0FQczvAqSjH7SWZaS3zeuAx626/+2OPf5DfMB1a2OdIac3n jxboXvM93Vjj+aPk1zWUTzhZOJ5ThiivkKJqWNh1bF0sVq7Sr8WheteRya6vpx7G sSQ3PuiEBOmfIWHHEyZVWHlEim/fmYLZEZ/3Ht0G1ZmTtVOj8vYBNQSwVGpcmVnn +eS4N+NH1krdyE0g+V/5wxVFwjRiL9EF9j14pj+C5i/6+bAr0j4ZQezKXiGK5Vb8 IHu7d+C5JpG2HQ72UyHwnQkvm+iBD6JSfuCP0YUkwDzDvGNDuR4J+6flYj/CXsY= =mfWD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
