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pwg [2026/03/30 13:14] stevepwg [2026/03/30 13:15] (current) steve
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 grep -E '^[A-Za-z]{3,5}$' /usr/share/dict/words >> pwg grep -E '^[A-Za-z]{3,5}$' /usr/share/dict/words >> pwg
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-On my system, that produces a list of 10756 words, the password 'Puff%Bass0CATV_Claim6Sent' generated above has 94 bits of entropy, and is one of 10756 x 10 x 10756 x 10 x 10756 x 10 x 10756 x 10 x 10756. That's one password out of 1.4396*10^24. At 100 guesses per second, that's 456 trillion years if I did the math right.+On my laptop at home, that produces a list of 10756 words, the password 'Puff%Bass0CATV_Claim6Sent' generated above has 94 bits of entropy, and is one of 10756 x 10 x 10756 x 10 x 10756 x 10 x 10756 x 10 x 10756. That's one password out of 1.4396*10^24. At 100 guesses per second, that's 456 trillion years if I did the math right.
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 On a system at work, where I installed a larger dictionary, it's 42245 words! On a system at work, where I installed a larger dictionary, it's 42245 words!
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