I think we should held a competition to find out how old this tibit of knowledge really is and also the oldest article about security experts demonstrating passphrases are wide open to dictionary attacks.
This isn't just about pass phrases, or using a whole sentence as a password. The new part (to me, at least) was using short nonsense poems complete with rhyming and meter. This makes it easier to remember longer phrases/sentences. Not that the idea is hugely innovative, but it strikes me as helpful, and not already well worn.
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LoL at 'discover' http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/22717/how-secure...
I think we should held a competition to find out how old this tibit of knowledge really is and also the oldest article about security experts demonstrating passphrases are wide open to dictionary attacks.
1982 reference on passphrases http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/01674048829...
This isn't just about pass phrases, or using a whole sentence as a password. The new part (to me, at least) was using short nonsense poems complete with rhyming and meter. This makes it easier to remember longer phrases/sentences. Not that the idea is hugely innovative, but it strikes me as helpful, and not already well worn.
Passphrases are not wide open to dictionary attacks.