Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 06:54:45 -0600 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adduser utility to generate "random" passwds ? Message-ID: <200701080654.45757.kirk@strauser.com> In-Reply-To: <ent9pr$r1d$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <45A22099.3060208@esiee.fr> <ent9pr$r1d$1@sea.gmane.org>
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--nextPart1549858.aULDDBLNkL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 08 January 2007 5:26 am, Ivan Voras wrote: > Here's an idea: > > $ head -c 64 /dev/random | md5 | head -c 10 Hugely bad idea. Since md5 outputs hex, you're only getting 4 bits of=20 entropy per character. Much better to use something like sysutils/pwgen to= =20 generate good random passwords. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser --nextPart1549858.aULDDBLNkL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQBFoj8V5sRg+Y0CpvERAvZ6AJ0W4LKIjks9pV/cc1zLFtShBMvxBACfRjmZ HJeLqUXtoGCm9KMBSX5YqU8= =I5mg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1549858.aULDDBLNkL--
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