2011-08-10

Randall does it again

http://xkcd.com/936/
Genius...
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousWednesday 10 August 2011 at 12:36:00 BST

    damn !

    youve guessed BOTH my user password and my root password grrr >:x


    ;)

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  2. RevKWednesday 10 August 2011 at 18:20:00 BST

    OK, so we have made a password generator based on this - using a 10,000 common noun list (plus the word "correct") giving more than 50 bits, assuming you have the word list and know the algorithm...

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