Re:Ask HN: What is your password management solution?
by tuxxy on Saturday July 15, 2017 @12:00PM
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I agree with Schneier's quote, but you're also forgetting about password hashing. If it takes 10 seconds to derive the key (assuming the use of a strong hash function), anything with a good enough amount of entropy (60-90 bits) should be fine.
When an attacker acquires a leaked database, they're not cracking high entropic passwords.
Re:Ask HN: What is your password management solution?
by weinzierl on Saturday July 15, 2017 @12:05PM
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Yes, what speaks for dheera's method is the use of a strong KDF and especially (a point that I missed initially) that they use a truly random master password.
When an attacker acquires a leaked database, they're not cracking high entropic passwords.