diff --git a/docs/wordlists.rst b/docs/wordlists.rst index 296deed1e5d271b42b6b1bd5f581601000cd4d0f..ea0bc75038fd1ada0a8dc91e0de7ee4e7ebd94e6 100644 --- a/docs/wordlists.rst +++ b/docs/wordlists.rst @@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ words used, the wordlists. good choice for usual private use. .. warning:: We do -- by default -- *not* use the `diceware standard - wordlist`_ (which contains 7,776 words), because - computers prefer powers of two and we use the Python - standard lib random source by default (we do not want to - waste entropy). + wordlist`_, but the `long EFF wordlist`_ (see below), because it is + more secure and more comfortable to use. But the "original" list is included in diceware as well and you can pick it with the ``-w en_orig`` option. You @@ -20,9 +18,9 @@ good choice for usual private use. Currently we provide the following lists: -- `en_securedrop` (8192 words, default) +- `en_securedrop` (8192 words) - By default we use a hand-crafted `en_securedrop` wordlist provided + We provide a hand-crafted `en_securedrop` wordlist provided by `@Heartsucker`_. It contains 8,192 english words and phrases. This list is based on the `diceware standard wordlist`_ and extended to offer better memorizable words. Please see @@ -37,14 +35,13 @@ Currently we provide the following lists: wordlist for use with binary-geared entities like computers or nerds. -- `en_eff` (7776 words) +- `en_eff` (7776 words, default) - This is the `long EFF wordlist`_ as published by the `Electronic - Frontier Foundation`_ in mid-2016. They put real `scientific - effort`_ into the creation of this list which might considerably - ease the use of passphrases generated with it. When using real dice - (or other six-based randomness generators) use is definitely - recommended! + This is the `long EFF wordlist`_ as published by the `Electronic Frontier + Foundation`_ in mid-2016 and used by default. They put real `scientific + effort`_ into the creation of this list which might considerably ease the + use of passphrases generated with it. When using real dice (or other + six-based randomness generators) use is definitely recommended! Please note, that this is currently the only list, that provides the `prefix property`_. That means it contains no word which is a prefix