[Cryptography] Passwords (Smallest feasible work factor today?)
Kent Borg
kentborg at borg.org
Wed Sep 7 16:29:59 EDT 2022
On 9/7/22 08:20, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> Folk, what are people's thoughts on the smallest work factor that can
> be considered acceptable today? I am thinking 2^80.
Are you talking about access passwords or encryption passphrases?
Because aren't the two completely different? (Tests of a password can be
rate limited, tests of an encryption key cannot.)
-kb
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