Re: debian forgot usr pw
On 08/12/2023 08:49, gene heskett wrote:
I've now set a root pw, about 34 chars, so they'll be a couple eons
guessing it AND (horrors) have written it down.
Consider pass phrases.
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases>
Deep Dive: EFF's New Wordlists for Random Passphrases
By Joseph Bonneau July 19, 2016
is declared to be an improvement of diceware.
kepassxc supports generation of pass phrases based on the EFF word list.
A couple of memorable pass phrases (for different scopes) may protect
other passwords stored in a password manager.
https://xkcd.com/936/ Password Strength
To anyone who understands information theory and security and is in an
infuriating argument with someone who does not (possibly involving mixed
case), I sincerely apologize.
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