From 41dbb6926e252b79ccf77e66d4d229ff717574b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Tonoski <111286121+GregTonoski@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:59:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added comment: POSIX shell reserved words --- Comments:BIP-0039.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Comments:BIP-0039.md b/Comments:BIP-0039.md index dff857a..af25c91 100644 --- a/Comments:BIP-0039.md +++ b/Comments:BIP-0039.md @@ -32,4 +32,7 @@ There are alternative binary-to-word encodings, e.g. PGP word list (a.k.a biomet Are there any benefits of SHA-256-derived checksum requirement? User ends up in the same situation if they input incorrect words - irrespectively of the checksum appended. Typing errors are not prevented. --Greg Tonoski, 2023-09-13 # Separation of concerns: key generation technique -Key generation techniques may vary and co-exist. They are not dependent on Bitcoin protocol and vice-versa. While there are benefits of interoperability (e.g. standardized format of keys), the key generation techniques (e.g. PBKDF2, "The iteration count is set to 2048", source of randomness) may be treated separately and individually. \ No newline at end of file +Key generation techniques may vary and co-exist. They are not dependent on Bitcoin protocol and vice-versa. While there are benefits of interoperability (e.g. standardized format of keys), the key generation techniques (e.g. PBKDF2, "The iteration count is set to 2048", source of randomness) may be treated separately and individually. + +# Robustness: POSIX shell reserved words are used in the BIP39 wordlist +Shells may interpret some words as reserved ones if not quoted, e.g. time, then, select, until. \ No newline at end of file