[clue] My password rant

[jacob]

Of course if you are worried about weak passwords you could use something
like:

http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator/

To add two step verification. (It has a pam module as well as Blackberry,
IOS, and Android apps for key generation)

Also, if you are using google's account features you really should turn on
and configure 2 step verification for your google account.

-jacob

DISCLAIMER: I work for google so my opinion is biased.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Mike Bean <beandaemon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Maybe I am the novice, but I guess I don't really get it.  There's a leap
> there.  His "strong password" consists of a collection of 25 characters of
> which there are 26 possibles, so if we're really talking about brute force
> guessing, how could 25 to the 26th power possible combinations be harder to
> guess then 60 or 70 (give or take) to the 26th power and some change?
>
> I guess I'm new to crypto, but when you get right down to it, I don't
> really grok this concept of 28 bits of entropy versus 44 bits of entropy.
>  What is entropy?  (in the crypto sense)??   And how did he manage to
> calculate 28 bits v 44??  Is it just because there are more digits?
>
> Don't most competently configured systems lock you out after 10 failed
> tries anyway?
> Normally I totally support XKCD, but honestly, I can tell there's more
> going on in strip 936 then I understand.
>
> Bean
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:20 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>wrote:
>
>> I'm never giving my password rant again. I'm just going to send a link to
>> this XKCD, and wait a few minutes until my novice "gets it".
>>
>> http://www.xkcd.com/936/
>>
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