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Re:Xkcd: Encryptic by ZeroGravitas on Monday November 04, 2013 @06:04AM (#6667938)
What do the boxes on the right represent?

St.peter

St.peter

St.peter1

password

password1

password57

seem to be the first few if I understand correctly.

Re:Xkcd: Encryptic by abraxasz on Monday November 04, 2013 @06:48AM (#6668053)
The favorite of the 12 apostles would be Saint John, not Saint Peter[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved

Re:Xkcd: Encryptic by jawr on Monday November 04, 2013 @10:09AM (#6668913)
That's too many characters, plus "Favourite of 12 Apostles" doesn't mean Jesus', it could be the users. I'm not convinced that it's St. though as when they say name1 that would suggest St. was part of it :p
Re:Xkcd: Encryptic by jawr on Monday November 04, 2013 @06:30AM (#6667993)
I was thinking that St.peter would have to be peter (NAME1) but then that wouldn't be enough to be it's own block. I'm guessing the split boxes [ ][ ][ ] are characters and the long [\t] are for numbers.
Re:Xkcd: Encryptic by ZeroGravitas on Monday November 04, 2013 @07:03AM (#6668095)
I think the eight square boxes mean "exactly 8 characters", and the long rectangles mean "up to 8 characters".

You can tell them apart (sometimes) because "exactly 8 characters" will match if those 8 characters are re-used by someone else with a longer than 8 character password.

And the layout emphasizes the re-use, which is also shown by color coding.

Re:Xkcd: Encryptic by Kiro on Monday November 04, 2013 @06:34AM (#6668004)
How did you come up with that?