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Re: Automatic Password Generator Tools on Unix Platform

Subject: Re: Automatic Password Generator Tools on Unix Platform
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:21:28 +0000
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 19:33 +0000, j.sonsurkar@ixiscm.com 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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