[Cryptography] The Bob Morris worm

[Richard Clayton]

In message <b13bc518-775a-8cf2-04b3-e0ff6fd93887 at math.wisc.edu>, Bob
Wilson <wilson at math.wisc.edu> writes

>    Are there any data on how small a list 
>    would include a password working for some user on X% of all our 
>    systems these days? That might be a weak measure of how far our 
>    preaching about security practices has reached.

yes ... you should see Joe Bonneau's PhD thesis

        http://www.jbonneau.com/doc/2012-jbonneau-phd_thesis.pdf

... and it specifically provides answers in a statistical form

-- 
richard                                                   Richard Clayton

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary 
Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Benjamin Franklin 11 Nov 1755
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