Are you using passphrases? Is it worth it? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 8 months ago by Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Nowadays, most people use password managers (hopefully). However, there are still some passwords that you need to memorize, like master password (for a password manager), phone lock, wifi password, etc.

Security wise, can passphrase reach the strength of a good password without getting so long that it defeats the purpose of even using it?

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[-] 4am@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

If your services are storing passwords properly with a salt, dictionary attacks (including rainbow tables) are just as time-consuming to perform, since the salt renders each password hash unique; even for the same passwords.

So the same principle still stands; the longer your password, the longer to guess - as long as the encryption-at-rest is done correctly.

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