On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 02:32:41PM +0200, peter k. wrote: > >> what!!? well, this could be true but then it only applies to people with > low > >> intelligence! > >> i bet both of us can write down 30 random characters without any relation > >> between them so whats the problem about that??!! > >I can't tell whether this is meant to be a joke or not! > >I hope it is. People are _really_ bad at picking random things - try > >an experiment - ask a group of people to pick a random number. You'll be > >surprised... > it is not, for example, i just generated that *using my brain*: > "s4k1f62rni7q" > tell me why it isnt random!!! It contains no upper case letters and no punctuation. It is not random in the sense that it obeys a rule that improves the ability to crack the password. > Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/ Mike -- Michael H. Warfield | (770) 985-6132 | mhw@xxxxxxxxxxxx (The Mad Wizard) | (678) 463-0932 | http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/ NIC whois: MHW9 | An optimist believes we live in the best of all PGP Key: 0xDF1DD471 | possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it! Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
