strawman [was: LUKS password gets printed as stars]
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On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 03:14:25PM +0000, Curt wrote:
> On 2017-12-23, Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> wrote:
[...]
> > And I suppose, guessing 15 digits will cause a loooooong time [...]
> (Assuming all 95 printable ascii characters) link to % time savings:
[...]
> An interesting mathematical quirk about this ratio of the number of passwords
> shorter than n [...]
It's interesting how threads among us geeks can be totally derailed
by a simple strawman (i.e. no-stars >= stars "because of security"),
while the OP's motivation was rather "familiarity" (at least (s)he
didn't say anything about security), which in itself is legitimate
enough.
And watch this thread wander off to the woods on whether no-stars
is more secure than stars, and whether significantly so.
Fascinating :-)
Cheers
- -- t
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