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Min-Entropy

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

A measure of the difficulty that an Attacker has to guess the most commonly chosen password used in a system.

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NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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A measure of the difficulty that an Attacker has to guess the most commonly chosen password used in a system.
NIST SP 800-631 senseview framework →
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A measure of the difficulty that an Attacker has to guess the most commonly chosen password used in a system.