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Commit e4bc679a authored by ulif's avatar ulif
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Fix statement about entropy.

The wordlist length must be a power of the number of dice sides used to
result in fair choices. This is not being relatively prime.
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......@@ -310,9 +310,12 @@ 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.
This, however, is not possible, if the number of wordlist entries is not a
power of dice sides. In that case we cut some words of the wordlist and inform
the user about the matter. Reducing the number of words this way makes it
easier for attackers to guess the phrase picked.
You can fix that problem by using longer wordlists.
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