From 2367ae2d1ad0c51752c38eb067b274be5e0b9d51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 02:52:48 +0100 Subject: update info MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- info/passcheck.texinfo | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/info/passcheck.texinfo b/info/passcheck.texinfo index 162d376..dab18b7 100644 --- a/info/passcheck.texinfo +++ b/info/passcheck.texinfo @@ -69,8 +69,15 @@ Passphrases are read from stdin and the rating followed by the passphrase for each passphrases is written to stdout, and stderr is quited unless the program files. -Currently, evaluation based on grammar is not made, so please manually -check that the passphrase you choose does not form a grammatically +It has been argued that passphrases should not form grammatically +correct sentence, even if the sentence itself if nonsense. The argument +is that the majority of possible choices of words can be eliminated for +each word position, based on the previous word. However a counterargument +for this concern is that number of possible combinations, assuming the +sentence is nonsensical, large enough even if choices can be eliminated +using grammar. Currently, evaluation based on grammar is not made, so if +you believe grammatically correct sentence should be avoided, please +manually check that the passphrase you choose does not form a grammatically correct sentence, and preferably, not even in part. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2