Re: Generating a file of 8 character passwords

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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