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@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ a high amount of entropy which makes them hard to crack.
For more information on Diceware: For more information on Diceware:
<ul> <ul>
<li><a href="http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html">The Diceware Passphrase FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html">The Diceware Passphrase FAQ</a></li>
<li><a href="http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.wordlist.asc">Diceware word list</a></li> <li><a href="http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.wordlist.asc">Original Diceware word list</a> (This implementation uses <a href="#wordlist">a different wordlist...</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.txt">Diceware for Passphrase Generation and Other Cryptographic Applications</a></li> <li><a href="http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.txt">Diceware for Passphrase Generation and Other Cryptographic Applications</a></li>
</ul> </ul>
@ -216,6 +216,22 @@ Yep! You can grab a copy at <a href="https://github.com/dmuth/diceware">https:/
In fact, if you are nervous about generating a password on a website (even though the password is actually In fact, if you are nervous about generating a password on a website (even though the password is actually
generated by Javascript in your browser), I would encourage you to download the source and run it locally. generated by Javascript in your browser), I would encourage you to download the source and run it locally.
<a name="wordlist"></a>
<h3>FAQ: Why did you change the wordlist?</h3>
I used to use <a href="http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.wordlist.asc">the original wordlist</a>,
but it contained a lot of symbols, punctuation, numbers, and 2 and 3 letter words. I wanted to try a different
wordlist with longer words, no non-alphabetic characters, and words more commonly used. So I got
<a href="https://github.com/first20hours/google-10000-english">the 10,000 most commonly used words</a> in the
English language from <a href="https://books.google.com/ngrams/info">Google's Trillion Word Corpus</a>.
</p>
I am always considering what words I use in the wordlist. With the current wordlist, I noticed that
some words are really long, and this could also be an issue. I may investigate using a wordlist of
shorter words in the future.
<h3>Who built this? / Contact</h3> <h3>Who built this? / Contact</h3>
My name is <a href="http://www.dmuth.org/">Douglas Muth</a>, and I am a software engineer in Philadelphia, PA. My name is <a href="http://www.dmuth.org/">Douglas Muth</a>, and I am a software engineer in Philadelphia, PA.