Generated password has repetition

[Jonathan Proulx]

On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 03:16:31PM +0200, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
:There is a non-zero probability that a RNG will output the complete works
:of Shakespeare.

and a non zero chance that it will generate "password1234" that
doesn't mean accepting that is a good idea though, one also has to
consider likely attack strategies.

the example given is likely fine, but if you randomly get a password
that you think is bad, regeneration is always an option.

-Jon

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:On May 4, 2017 13:56, "Matthieu Weber" <mweber at free.fr> wrote:
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:On Thu 04.05.2017 at 09:35:24PM +1000, Jens Tröger wrote:
:> I know that passwords are generated by pwgen, which is considered a
:> strong generator (right?) but today it produced a password with
:> consecutive repetitions: #9d:$_r{""yww4{k?}.i'^P}z
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:Randomness sometimes generates repetition. If you want to filter out the
:passwords with repetitions, you are effectively reducing the number of
:possible passwords, therefore making it (slightly) easier to crack.
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:> Not sure if this is an issue per se? Can I ignore this in the future?
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:I would say it's not an issue, especially with this long a password as
:the one above.
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:Matthieu
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