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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: Generate random passwords with your mouse ... :-)
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 20:19:17 +0000
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On 06/03/2025 20:09, Stefan Claas wrote:
> Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> On 06/03/2025 19:28, Stefan Claas wrote:
>>> Marcel Logen wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>>
>>>> One question I ask myself:
>>>>
>>>> Aren't you losing entropy when you use the modulo operation
>>>> in the "bytes_to_chars" function? I wonder.
>>>
>>> Yes, but this can be fixed by doubling the entropy
>>
>> Not all of us are prepared to wait that long.
> 
> Well, and old saying of mine: "privacy cost time and money" ... ;-)

I can get quicker bits with dice.

I can see no reason why it takes so long on my system, which 
generally trots along like Concorde on steroids. I've profiled 
your code to no avail, and so, for me at least, it's simply not a 
practical proposition.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
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