espo@bpa.BELL-ATL.COM (Bob Esposito) (10/07/89)
Does anyone have a program that generates random passwords for
Unix? Any info would be appreciated. Please RSVP vai E-mail.
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In article <722@bpa.BELL-ATL.COM> espo@bpa.BELL-ATL.COM (Bob Esposito) writes: > Does anyone have a program that generates random passwords for > Unix? Any info would be appreciated. Please RSVP vai E-mail. Not a program, but here's an algorithm 1. Think of a common six-character word. 2. Embed in it two of the following characters: ! $ % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = { [ } ] ~ ` : ; " ' < , > . ? / | Th$e r!es^ult i()s a/]]n e{*ight-c=ha+ract=er p<a:sswor>d t?h=at i-&s q$?uite e$as*y t((o r%_emem(ber a%.nd n_?early i}mpo`ss~ible t+~o g``uess. Rahul Dhesi <dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com> UUCP: oliveb!cirrusl!dhesi
swh@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold) (10/09/89)
Re: Random passwords Compuserve, when I last used it a while ago, had a similar algorithm. You were asked to select two words that were not related to each other, and join them together with a non-alphameric character. Examples would be: access+potato green%laughter shipper(heels This allowed you to select something easy for you to remember, but made it extremely difficult for someone doing an exhaustive search. Of course, you need not use English words, or even human words at all.