On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 03:16:31PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote: :There is a non-zero probability that a RNG will output the complete works :of Shakespeare.
and a non zero chance that it will generate "password1234" that doesn't mean accepting that is a good idea though, one also has to consider likely attack strategies. the example given is likely fine, but if you randomly get a password that you think is bad, regeneration is always an option. -Jon : :-- :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 :_______________________________________________ :Password-Store mailing list :[email protected] :https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store -- _______________________________________________ Password-Store mailing list [email protected] https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store
