Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.021 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:password': 0.05; 'subject:PyPI': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'from:addr:pobox.com': 0.16; 'from:addr:skip': 0.16; 'sender:addr:gmail.com': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'thu,': 0.19; '(in': 0.22; 'aug': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'skip': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'thus': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'high.': 0.31; 'lists': 0.32; 'sources': 0.33; 'common': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'words,': 0.36; 'being': 0.38; 'skip:& 10': 0.38; 'mailing': 0.39; 'more': 0.64; 'ethan': 0.84; 'furman': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=o2Zzc1nyzNf9iNMM4HhtNKiASfvqKZT83V8CBr5y56s=; b=0khF3PrcrfXBcy72meikaIkir/CNWDa/VaQdeWzzaTwgzML2A5vAuSrb1lLJ4/fwsg d63T1eBNhj91ThDYNFn3VXglnoSNT7Rjs+8qKRSrNKV3R79UiEmsYzJ/00593tTwOi76 2futPvUZ/ZnjlbFc7AddyB+3fk9ecm5o7Lee+haVvfZEX5IwcDgT8mucnCKUQmyp/NKx 8S4j5jIXUP7uayD8bb0IIvRtdVwmVv2slMbjnpSTocTM6qHYuERNFTiELHf0c3relVyd N/zj7VQiGHT3u/C07hctYoyoh26UCW+Sw7Qg1pI/60MebMsN8EiM/zIdaQ7GIXeqj8DA Locg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.227.10 with SMTP id iy10mr4966189icb.3.1409237271714; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:47:51 -0700 (PDT) Sender: skip.montanaro@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <53FF3ACE.2040605@stoneleaf.us> References: <53FF3ACE.2040605@stoneleaf.us> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:47:51 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Zz09-zyVxEWmVEOlXNv6OEf4dY4 Subject: Re: PyPI password rules From: Skip Montanaro To: Ethan Furman Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c3e50efc21150501b19e6f Cc: Python X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 37 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1409237280 news.xs4all.nl 2935 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:50694 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:77212 --001a11c3e50efc21150501b19e6f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: > What's the value in ruling out less common words? I would think the more > the merrier! I think less common "words" are likely to actually not be words, just misspellings of other words, and thus harder for the user to remember. More cruft to ignore/eliminate. The sources for the corpus being (in my case) public mailing lists or (in Chris's case) D&D chatter, the likelihood of misspellings is pretty high. Skip --001a11c3e50efc21150501b19e6f Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

= On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>= wrote:
What's the value in ruling out less comm= on words?=C2=A0 I would think the more the merrier!

I= think less common "words" are likely to actually not be words, j= ust misspellings of other words, and thus harder for the user to remember. = More cruft to ignore/eliminate. The sources for the corpus being (in my cas= e) public mailing lists or (in Chris's case) D&D chatter, the likel= ihood of misspellings is pretty high.

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