On 10/27/2012 02:54 AM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > No, I don't. I think that using passphrases longer than about 80 > characters shows you don't understand the problem. :)
Yes, and only a savant could memorize even an 80 character passphrase. > A 1024-character passphrase is so long I doubt you could memorize it Well you could if you replaced you brain with a computer. ;) Though, then you'd have to protect your brain against hacking attacks, as well. > === > rjh@flynn:~$ gpg --armor --gen-random 2 16 > 5FNsIpmx8UYa8lz/qWYEag== > === > > That "5FNsIpmx..." is an example of a 128-bit passphrase. That's the > gold standard for passphrases. Good idea. It'll work on any system that will run GnuPG, and produce pretty secure passphrases. I still can't get over the 1024+ character passphrase. I could *never* remember something that long. Chris --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 121029-1, 10/29/2012 Tested on: 10/29/2012 8:00:59 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2012 AVAST Software. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
