Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:29:00 +0200 From: Jos Chrispijn <jos@webrz.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: generating random passwords Message-ID: <4850277C.209@webrz.net> In-Reply-To: <20080611163515.GA8032@ayn.mi.celestial.com> References: <484F7CBE.5060401@lc-words.com> <20080611161436.GA9276@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20080611163515.GA8032@ayn.mi.celestial.com>
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Bill Campbell wrote: > I much prefer apg which can generate more-or-less pronounceable > passwords which it is possible to remember (at least after typing > them a few times :-). > This is not supposed to be an offense to any author of a password generator, but: Never, but never trust any random password generator. You do not know the author, you do not know the algoritm it uses and in worst case scenarion you do not know if there is a millisecond traffic to somewhere that is recording the generated password. > One of the biggest problems with random passwords is that they > end up written on yellow-stickies on the monitor or under the > keyboard. > You don't need a generated password for that; it is common behaviour for people that aren't involved in any responsibility whatsoever. Jos
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