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Old 12-27-2003, 06:22 PM   #1
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Strong password generation

Is there any nifty cool program around for generating strong 8 character passwords?
 
Old 12-27-2003, 06:49 PM   #2
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More than one. There's makepasswd http://packages.qa.debian.org/m/makepasswd.html
and if you want better pronouncable passwords, passook http://mackers.com/projects/passook/
 
Old 12-27-2003, 07:00 PM   #3
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Thanks nikai, for some reason my brain wants to default to using the dog's name... Yeeech.
 
  


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