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0 pointsrane13y ago0 comments

Can you give a practical example how this can become a problem if I use rand() to generate a password to be used on a website?

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Many PRNGs only have 32 bits of state. If someone knows your settings (alphabet chosen and length) the max number of passwords to check is 4 billion.

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