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Min-entropy

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

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A measure of the difficulty that an Attacker has to guess the most commonly chosen password used in a system. (SP 800-63) (NISTIR)

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