Talk:Munged password

This page should be deleted
The single source cited does not support anything in the article. A search for alternative sources uncovers mostly references back to this page. How do I start the deletion process? Ambiguator (talk) 21:29, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Comment
Munging is not concidered a perversion by all. Some of us are offended by that lable, it is a hobbie

Munging - E-mail Addresses
If you use NNTP newsgroups it becomes a necessity to munge your E-mail and Return Addresses so that harvesting bots don't collect your E-mail and you get flooded with spam etc http://members.aol.com/emailfaq/mungfaq.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.124.139 (talk) 10:21, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

What is all this things all about Africakick (talk) 15:53, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

The definition is a subset
The definition as provided in this article is a subset of a larger definition of the term "munge" - according to David Cross “…data munging consists of a number of processes that are applied to an initial data set to convert it into a different, but related data set. These processes will fall into a number of categories: recognition, parsing, filtering, and transformation.” see Data Munging with Perl. Perhaps the lack of references is connected to this being incorrect, or at least incomplete? Astonzia (talk) 17:48, 4 February 2009 (UTC) edited my own comment for clarityAstonzia (talk) 18:01, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Page requires disambiguation
There was an earlier use of the term "Munge" - it was a regular expression text editor available on the DEC 10 mainframe from Digital Equipment Corporation in the mid-70's. "Munge" wasn't a backronym, but a recursive acronym: "Munge Until No Good Edits". People in comp sci didn't take themselves quite so seriously back then...

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 * I think that's because we generally couldn't get real jobs back then. :) Shiggity (talk) 17:19, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Etymology
Ultimately, I'm sure the word comes from French manger or Italian mangiare, to eat. Or from any of their cognates in other Romance languages.Grassynoel (talk) 02:23, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Indeed, the Jargon file notes the similarity to "munch," which is certainly related to Old French "mangier" / Modern French "manger." 161.222.160.8 (talk) 14:49, 26 May 2011 (UTC) Paul Hartzer

Reference for calculation needed
Is there a reference for "because it only adds 2-3 bits of Entropy"?

Wrong redirection
Munge should not redirect to Munged Password. Munge has a much wider meaning of (typically kludgey) data transformation. It is related to, but not identical to, Mung, so if Munge doesn't deserve its own page it ought to redirect to Mung (computer_term) and that page fixed to include its proper meaning. The Jargon File entry has this broadly right imo. 87.194.161.101 (talk) 09:34, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

The heart of a man
Hi Africakick (talk) 15:51, 13 April 2022 (UTC)