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@@ -72,19 +72,25 @@ providing a simple UI. ## How many JP-Hash digests are there? -Since there are six syllables chosen from a set of 92, plus two characters each +Since there are six syllables chosen from a set of 97, plus two characters each from a set of ten, the initial steps yield a space of 83,297,200,492,900 (83.3 (American) trillion). The 8 cases in step (6) all yield distinct results, and so multiply the space eight-fold to 666,377,603,943,200 possibilities (666.4 trillion). +This is about the size of the space of strings consisting of all combinations +of 10 lower-case English letters, plus one more character chosen from a set of five. + +It is also about the number of combinations expressed by a 49 bit integer. +A random string in this space has about that many bits of entropy. + ## Are JP-Hash digests secure for password use? -e + JP-Hash is not advertised as being for a specific purpose. In a security setting, each user must perform their own analysis to understand the security risks of using any tool in certain ways and with certain inputs. -## Examples +## Example Hashes These examples come from the `testvec` file. |