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Re: Length of passphrase beneficial?

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Subject: Re: Length of passphrase beneficial?
From: Paul Foley <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 16:28:32 +1200
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In-reply-to: <[email protected]>(message from Rich Burroughs on Sun, 21 Jul 1996 11:26:32 -0700 (PDT))
Reply-to: Paul Foley <[email protected]>
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Rich Burroughs <[email protected]> wrote:

   > Actual Question:
   > Does the length and randomness of a passphrase contribute at all
   > to the overall security of a cryptosystem?

   Actual short answer: yes :)

Answer in his particular case, however: no

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- Re: Length of passphrase beneficial?
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