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In README, tell about reduced entropy.
Tell about problems with wordlist lengths and dice side numbers.
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There are issues that might reduce the entropy of the passphrase
generated. One of them is the `prefix code`_ problem:
Prefix Code
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If the wordlist contains, for example, the words::
"air", "airport", "portable", "able"
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`prefix code`_ problem.
Reduced Entropy
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Overall, `diceware` is a kind of mapping input values, dice throws for
instance, onto wordlist entries. We normally want each of the words in the
wordlist to be picked for passphrases with the same probability.
This, however, is not possible, if the number of dice sides and the number of
wordlist entries are relatively prime. In that case we cut some words of the
wordlist and inform the user about the matter.
Developer Install
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