On 2/13/23 15:18, Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
Isn't this estimate based on the assumption that the scheme used to generate the password is known?
Well, sort of. But what it means in practice is that after the common dictionary attack pass, you do a pass of permuting 32-4 common dictionary words. Because most people who are going to use that password scheme aren't going to pick words like floccinoccipilification. The target of dictionary-based attacks is the low-hanging fruit.
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