Re:Teenager jailed for refusing to hand over computer password
by kgo on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @02:54PM
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Back-of-the-envelope math:
50 characters x 8 bits = 400 bits of entropy
Even if you account for not having backspaces and linfeeds in the password, he could still easily have 256 bits of entropy.
Even with Moore's law, a strong algo like AES-256 is generally considered to be uncrackable, assuming the algorithm and the implementation don't have any flaws.
50 characters x 8 bits = 400 bits of entropy
Even if you account for not having backspaces and linfeeds in the password, he could still easily have 256 bits of entropy.
Even with Moore's law, a strong algo like AES-256 is generally considered to be uncrackable, assuming the algorithm and the implementation don't have any flaws.