Diceware is a better way to create a strong, yet easy to remember passphrase.
Diceware downloads
- Diceware Beale wordlist PDF (197KB) in Lexie font.
- Diceware passphrase worksheet PDF (37KB).
- Add a symbol to your Diceware passphrase (39KB).
Diceware links
- Xkcd comic no. 936 about password strength (technical).
- The Diceware page of Arnold G. Reinhold, who created Diceware.
- The Wikipedia Diceware page.
- Diceware word lists in other languages.
- Xkcd comic no. 936 explained and discussed.
- Random 5 dice roller.
Diceware extended links
- Deep Dive: EFF’s New Wordlists for Random Passphrases. Alternative Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) wordlist.
- Create strong passphrases with EFF’s new random number generators!
- Intercept article: Passphrases that you can memorize but that even the NSA can’t guess.
- A Diceware online secure passphrase generator. You can use this page to generate strong passphrases using various diceware word lists in a number of languages.
Articles about stronger passwords
- Strengthening your passwords.
- How big is your Haystack … and how well hidden is YOUR needle? Every password you use can be thought of as a needle hiding in a haystack.
Password cracking articles
- 2011: Cheap GPUs (graphics processing unit) are rendering strong passwords useless.
- 2012: 25-GPU cluster cracks every standard Windows password in <6 hours.
- The Top 500 Worst Passwords of All Time. WARNING! This page contains vulgar and profane language.