Re: Generate random passwords with your mouse ... :-)

Richard Heathfield wrote:

On 06/03/2025 20:09, Stefan Claas wrote:

Richard Heathfield wrote:

On 06/03/2025 19:28, Stefan Claas wrote:

Marcel Logen wrote:

 
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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.

It's a shame that it's running so slowly for you. As I said, I don't have
any problems with it on my little GPD MicroPC. Let's see how it is for other
Linux users.

Pull requests are of course welcome if anyone here also uses GitHub.

Regards
Stefan

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