Re: Password Difficulties

[joshua geller <joshua@cae.retix.com>]

steve bellovin writes:
>bruce schneier writes:

>	    Figure that each English character has 1.8 bits of entropy.
>	    (This is a conservative number, because it doesn't take into
>	    account case, spacing, or punctuation.)  If I want a
>	    passphrase that will map into a 64-bit keyspace, I need at
>	    least a 35-chararcter phrase.

>   Don't forget the difficulty of typing such a long phrase, with
>   echoing turned off.

but it's not that difficult. at least, I don't have any difficulty with 
it. perhaps I really am superhuman, but somehow I doubt it.

josh