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Re: [Cfrg] Word-lists for Diffie-Hellman and Fingerprints

Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@gwolf.org> Mon, 28 August 2017 22:49 UTC

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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:48:55 -0500
From: Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@gwolf.org>
To: Bill Cox <waywardgeek@gmail.com>
Cc: Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com>, prz@acm.org, Moxie Marlinspike <moxie@thoughtcrime.org>, IRTF CFRG <cfrg@irtf.org>, Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] Word-lists for Diffie-Hellman and Fingerprints
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Bill Cox dijo [Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:13:38AM -0700]:
> Here's a 1024-long word list for English that I cooked up with a few hours
> of work.  In short, the process for any language is:
> (...)
> It has uses in password reset flows where a support person is trying to
> help an employee who is at a loud airport using a cell phone.
> 
> The list could certainly be improved, but it is a good starting point for
> English.

...Of course, a sensible workflow whenever possible is just to stay
away from English for any uses that need to be the least bit phonetic.

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