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Re:Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s ma... by Retr0spectrum on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @01:15PM (#20636748)
No, any hash will be crackable, it just depends on how fast.

A well designed authentication protocol shouldn't expose any hashes to be cracked in the first place.

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Re:Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s ma... by jki275 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @01:54PM (#20637121)
Sure -- if you define the heat death of the universe as "how fast".
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Re:Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s ma... by Retr0spectrum on Thursday August 08, 2019 @10:07AM (#20644695)
You can't guarantee that, and keep reasonable performance, if humans are generating the PSK
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Re:Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s ma... by jki275 on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:06PM (#20647528)
I agree, but you can certainly build a system where humans don't generate the key.
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Re:Hackers ship their exploits directly to their target’s ma... by Retr0spectrum on Friday August 09, 2019 @03:37PM (#20657626)
Then how do humans share said key?

QR codes and NFC tags etc. are nice, but not supported everywhere.

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