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<h3>About Diceware</h3>
Weak passwords are a big flaw in computer security due to a lack of "entropy"
or randomness. For example, how many times have you used a common name or word
in a password, or perhaps the number "1". Not very random, is it? :-)
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Fact is, humans are terrible at remembering random combiations of letters and
numbers, but we are great at remembering phrases of words. That's where diceware comes in.
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Diceware is based on the propsal at <a href="http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html">http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html</a>
wherein virtual dice are roled 5 times, and the 5 digit number used against a lookup table of words.
4 dice rolls gives you 4 random words which are easy for a human being to remember, yet have
a high amount of entropy which makes them hard to crack.
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For more information on Diceware:
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<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.txt">Diceware for Passphrase Generation and Other Cryptographic Applications</a></li>
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