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Re: Show HN: Memorable but hard to crack password generator

#6

Having uncommon words doesn't make a password hard to crack, they're in the dictionary just the same.

Of course you're correct and I don't claim that these are uncrackable. Just a way to practice a bit of clojure while the missus had her girlfriends over.

Re: Show HN: Memorable but hard to crack password generator

#7

Having uncommon words doesn't make a password hard to crack, they're in the dictionary just the same.

Of course you're correct and I don't claim that these are uncrackable. Just a way to practice a bit of clojure while the missus had her girlfriends over.

The headline is "hard to crack" which seems misleading.

Re: Show HN: Memorable but hard to crack password generator

#10
As mentioned these passwords aren't hard to crack.

Anything based on a word list is going to be inherently easy to crack, and with a predictable format like word-separator-word, it is even easier.

I realise this is a fun weekend project, and learning new languages is always a good thing, but I think it's a little irresponsible to make any claims that these passwords are secure.

Also as mentioned, if people were to actually use this for password generation it should be behind SSL, although I would discourage anyone from using passwords generated by a remote service.

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