Traveling without a secret key

Stefan Claas sac at 300baud.de
Thu Jul 9 11:46:04 CEST 2020


Ángel wrote:
 
> On 2020-07-08 at 23:24 +0200, Stefan Claas wrote:
> > Ryan McGinnis via Gnupg-users wrote:
> >  
> > > The thing is, if you can't remember a string of random words, are you likely to remember a string 20 random letters,
> > > numbers, and characters?  Generally, if your non-randomly-generated password is easy for you to remember, it's also easy
> > > for a computer to guess.  Diceware is the attempt to make something easy as possible to remember while still being truly
> > > high-entropy.  If you're really paranoid you don't use the javascript program to generator your random phrases, you buy an
> > > EFF book and roll some casino dice.  The entropy comes from the dice and so is verifiable.
> > 
> > How do I do that when traveling, because I can't memorize the diceware pass phrase and then roll dices and tell via a
> > non-secure channel my now generated pass phrase, or do I make a mistake now in thinking?
> 
> You only use the dices suggested by Ryan for creating a new password. 

This is the problem what I mean ..., When I create a diceware pass phrase with dices (prior traveling)
I can't memorize the the words. If I would use the dices after arrival I do not have a way to transfer
the pass phrase securely.

[...]

Thanks for explaining the detailed procedure.

Regards
Stefan

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