Re:Randomly-generated passwords still have to be legal strings
by carussell on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @07:22PM
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> Why is it terrible?
Ars Technica published an article a few years ago about password crackers, and one of the subjects they interviewed mentioned the XKCD strip in an offhand remark that was flawed and hinted towards what was probably a poor understanding of the subject matter.
Now whenever the XKCD strip is brought up, people who've been shown the article make an appearance and and talk about the scheme being vulnerable while using the phrase "dictionary attack" in a non-specific sort of way.
That's probably what's going on in the GP comment.
Ars Technica published an article a few years ago about password crackers, and one of the subjects they interviewed mentioned the XKCD strip in an offhand remark that was flawed and hinted towards what was probably a poor understanding of the subject matter.
Now whenever the XKCD strip is brought up, people who've been shown the article make an appearance and and talk about the scheme being vulnerable while using the phrase "dictionary attack" in a non-specific sort of way.
That's probably what's going on in the GP comment.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/how-crackers-make-mi...