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Below there is a detailed example which shows how different rules of complexity work to generate a password with supposed 44 bits of entropy. The examples of expected passwords were generated in random.org.(*) | Below there is a detailed example which shows how different rules of complexity work to generate a password with supposed 44 bits of entropy. The examples of expected passwords were generated in random.org.(*) | ||
− | If ''n'' is the number of symbols and ''L'' is the length of the password, then ''L'' = 44 / log<sub>2</sub>(n). | + | If ''n'' is the number of symbols and ''L'' is the length of the password, then ''L'' = 44 / log<sub><small>2</small></sub>(n). |
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− | |a||26||9.3||mdniclapwz||jxtvesveiv||troubadorx||16+4.7 = 20.7||Extra letter to meet length requirement; log<sub>2</sub>(26) = 4.7 | + | |a||26||9.3||mdniclapwz||jxtvesveiv||troubadorx||16+4.7 = 20.7||Extra letter to meet length requirement; log<sub><small>2</small></sub>(26) = 4.7 |
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|tr0ub4d0r||16+3=19||3 = common substitutions in the comic | |tr0ub4d0r||16+3=19||3 = common substitutions in the comic | ||
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− | |troubador1||16+3.3=19.3||log<sub>2</sub>(10) = 3.3 | + | |troubador1||16+3.3=19.3||log<sub><small>2</small></sub>(10) = 3.3 |
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|a A||52||7.7||jAwwBYne||NeTvgcrq||Troubador||16+1=17||1 = caps? in the comic | |a A||52||7.7||jAwwBYne||NeTvgcrq||Troubador||16+1=17||1 = caps? in the comic |