Re: How long do you make the passphrase for the private key?

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On 6/24/19 5:45 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> The last standard the United States Navy used before it migrated to
> smartcards was 16 characters with at least two digits; at least two
> upper-case, at least two lower-case, and at least two special
> characters.  A slight improvement on that would have been to insure the
> pass phrase started and ended with a letter.
> 

Unrelated to the topic at hand, these password recommendations have been
outdated for about a decade.

Additionally, that 'slight improvement' you're mentioning actually
*decreases* the search-space required for bruteforcing...


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Rob (coderobe)

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