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Re: debian forgot usr pw

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On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 9:10 AM <yxcv@vienna.at> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 12:17:35 +0700
>   Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 08/12/2023 08:49, gene heskett wrote:
> >> I've now set a root pw, about 34 chars, so they'll be a couple eons
> >>guessing it AND (horrors) have written it down.
> >
> > Consider pass phrases.
> >
> > <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases>
> > Deep Dive: EFF's New Wordlists for Random Passphrases
> > By Joseph Bonneau July 19, 2016
> >
> > is declared to be an improvement of diceware.
>
> What is diceware?
> Why trust EFF?
>
> > kepassxc supports generation of pass phrases based on the EFF word
> >list. A couple of memorable pass phrases (for different scopes) may
> >protect other passwords stored in a password manager.
> >
> > https://xkcd.com/936/ Password Strength
>
> Or trusting "https://xkcd.com/936/ Password Strength" ?

The xkcd link has all the information necessary to explain why it can
be trusted. It's like asking "Why trust that 1+1=2?" Maybe it's not,
but that's a philosophical question for snotty teenagers, not a
question for anyone doing anything useful.

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debian forgot usr pw gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-08 02:10 +0100
  Re: debian forgot usr pw Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-08 02:30 +0100
    Re: debian forgot usr pw gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-12-08 02:50 +0100
      Re: debian forgot usr pw John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2023-12-08 06:10 +0100
        Re: debian forgot usr pw Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-08 14:00 +0100
          Re: debian forgot usr pw Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2023-12-09 07:40 +0100
            Re: debian forgot usr pw Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-12-09 15:10 +0100
      Re: debian forgot usr pw Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-12-08 06:20 +0100
        Re: debian forgot usr pw yxcv@vienna.at - 2023-12-08 09:20 +0100
          Re: debian forgot usr pw debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2023-12-08 12:30 +0100
          Re: debian forgot usr pw Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2023-12-08 20:10 +0100
    Re: debian forgot usr pw John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2023-12-08 06:10 +0100
  Re: debian forgot usr pw David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-12-08 22:50 +0100

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