There is a non-zero probability that a RNG will output the complete works of Shakespeare.
-- Sent from my telephone. On May 4, 2017 13:56, "Matthieu Weber" <[email protected]> wrote: On Thu 04.05.2017 at 09:35:24PM +1000, Jens Tröger wrote: > I know that passwords are generated by pwgen, which is considered a > strong generator (right?) but today it produced a password with > consecutive repetitions: #9d:$_r{""yww4{k?}.i'^P}z Randomness sometimes generates repetition. If you want to filter out the passwords with repetitions, you are effectively reducing the number of possible passwords, therefore making it (slightly) easier to crack. > Not sure if this is an issue per se? Can I ignore this in the future? I would say it's not an issue, especially with this long a password as the one above. Matthieu -- (~._.~) Matthieu Weber - [email protected] (~._.~) ( ? ) https://weber.fi.eu.org/ ( ? ) ()- -() public key id : 0x85CB340EFCD5E0B3 ()- -() (_)-(_) "Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht (Otto J. Bierbaum)" (_)-(_) _______________________________________________ Password-Store mailing list [email protected] https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store
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