diff --git a/content/notes/04-authentication-authorisation-passwords.md b/content/notes/04-authentication-authorisation-passwords.md index 4727765bf..a49400c39 100644 --- a/content/notes/04-authentication-authorisation-passwords.md +++ b/content/notes/04-authentication-authorisation-passwords.md @@ -49,4 +49,16 @@ tags: - lots of bad advice - we are lazy - "safe" passwords are difficult to enter on touch screen devies -- to many accouts \ No newline at end of file +- to many accouts + +## entropy +- amount of randomness +- measure of the number of guesse an attacker would need to brute force +- $E = log_2(A^L)$ +- A = size of alphabet +- L = length of password +- E = entropy in bits +- 80 bits is "safe" + - would take decades +- 6 digits passoword - 29 bits (took 4 seconds to brute force) +- + uppercase and numbers - 36 bits \ No newline at end of file