[MUD-Dev] Re: [DevMUD] Re: Database module

[cynbe at muq.org]

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On 22-Dec-98 Jay Carlson wrote:
> cynbe <cynbe at muq.org> wrote:
> 
>> (2) If you need to pass numbers through human channels, a possible
>>     improvement on UUENCODE-ing style translation is:
> 
> That's what S/Key (and its successor systems) do.  Quoting RFC 2289:

Very good!  I wasn't aware of this reference.  (Thanks!)

Gee, seems like I have good and original ideas, but the original
ideas aren't good, and the good ideas aren't original.  :) :) :)

> 
>>       (For extra credit:  Pick separate verb, noun and adjective sets of
>>     1024 words, and arrange for your numbers to make grammatical
>> sentences.
>>     I'll bet this will increase the mnemonicity of the encoded numbers
>>     significantly.)
> 
> If you can get enough information crammed in there.

Well, in principle you're adding 2 bits per word if you have four
sets of 1024 words instead of just one, which will make the encodings
slightly longer -- half a letter per word?  I'd guess the gain in
mnemonicity would be worth it.
  I've made up candidate sets of 1024 words sorted by grammatical
category, to build a Muq random password generation utility similar in
spirit to the lambdamoo one you describe, but I haven't coded it up and
tested it yet.  (I'm happy to share the wordlists if anyone wants them.
They aren't posted anywhere public at the moment.)

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