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Re: Password Difficulties

To: [email protected] (Sico)
Subject: Re: Password Difficulties
From: [email protected] (Timothy C. May)
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 1994 10:48:34 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: [email protected]
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Sico" at Jul 4, 94 12:39:06 pm
Sender: [email protected]


Sico writes:

> It is indeed a problem. I hear that [email protected] recently posted some
> useful info on this matter somewhere on UseNet, but I can't find it. I recall
> having found an interesting article sometime last year, but I lost it. In
> short, it said that pass phrases and such should be "shocking nonsense". The
> "shocking" element will help you remember it, and the "nonsense" element will
> make it difficult for others to guess it.

I forwarded this Grady Ward FAQ to the Cypherpunks list last night.

--Tim May


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References:
- Password Difficulties
  - From: [email protected] (Sico)

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