Re: Generating a file of 8 character passwords

Random number functions can be used for several things here - say you need a punctuation in 2 locations, doesn't matter where - use rand() in some form to pick the 2 spots (SQL has one, there's a C function callable from RPG, etc.), use rand() again against an array of punctuation marks, ba-da-bing. Same for a mix of upper and lower and numbers.

Now if you have a rule about "not completely crazy and impossible to remember, thus, ending up on a post-it", then you have other things to consider. :-) But there is something called pwgen in the Linux world - source would be available for it, of course. Here's a description from the man page for it

The /pwgen/ program generates passwords which are designed to be easily memorized by humans, while being as secure as possible.

Get the source and see what it does.

Vern

On 6/17/2010 7:26 AM, Dennis Lovelady wrote:

Need to know your password rules. All apha? All numeric? Spaces allowed?
...

Dennis Lovelady
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Anyone know of a free program which will randomly generate a file of
passwords (approx. 500 of them)?


Don F. Cavaiani

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soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a
person." Albert Einstein



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