On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Sam Gleske <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 2:04 AM, Robert J. Hansen <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Using plain English for the passphrase, a 170-character passphrase is >> necessary to provide a full 256 bits of entropy. >> > > Interesting math. However, I believe the OP mentioned they're generating > the password and storing so human readable, i.e. English, isn't an issue. > What would be the recommended length for completely random characters > generated, for example, by a password manager such as keepassx? > To clarify and be more specific... if one were using the password as the symmetric key in the GPG software (libcrypt)? Or perhaps even just using openssl tools?
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