> > If you want to increase the entropy, use a larger word list rather than a > "harder" one. The XKCD comic seems to have used a 2048-word list for its > 44-bit estimate. Using a list with 8836 words gets the same entropy (about > 52.44 bits) as a completely-random 8-character password using any of the 94 > characters I can easily type on my keyboard (e.g. "'>hZ|=S\*"). > > If we want to go this way, we have the largest conceivable word list at hand with the Wiktionary.
A tool inspired by https://tools.wmflabs.org/anagrimes/hasard.php?langue=en could give 4 words from all those we have in English, and we can even get words in the same language as the registration form (So it would suggest French words when registering on the French Wikipedia, Swedish words on the Swedish Wikisource, etc. Sylvain -- *Sylvain Boissel* ADMINISTRATEUR SYSTÈME ET RÉSEAUX *WIKIMÉDIA FRANCE* *Tél +33 1 42 36 97 72* *Mobile : +33 7 84 37 91 03* *www.wikimedia.fr <http://www.wikimedia.fr/>* *40 rue de Cléry, **75002 Paris* <http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/691082430#map=19/48.86814/2.34683> *Imaginez un monde où chaque personne sur la planète aurait librement accès à la totalité du savoir humain. C'est notre engagement. Aidez Wikimedia France à en faire une réalité <https://dons.wikimedia.fr>.* _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
