Re: Automatic Password Generator Tools on Unix Platform

Paul Munday <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.linux
Organization Red Snapper Ltd
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 19:33 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> Hello, Can someone please help me to find some tool to generate the automatic random 
> password tool on Unix platform. I did lots of search on web but most of the tools are
>  on Windows platform and not on Unix.
You might want to consider whether you really want truely random
passwords.

Take a look this paper if you are thinking of passwords for end users
rather than yourself.  
The Memorability and Security of Passwords -- Some Empirical Results
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/TechReports/UCAM-CL-TR-500.pdf

Paul M

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Paul Munday, System Administrator, Red Snapper Ltd.
   www.redsnapper.net      [email protected]
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