Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:41:54 -0500 From: "David E. Cross" <crossd@o2.cs.rpi.edu> To: Allen Smith <easmith@beatrice.rutgers.edu> Cc: dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org>, ee123@rocketmail.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password generator Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.05.9811202039100.16490-100000@o2.cs.rpi.edu> In-Reply-To: <9811201850.ZM5103@beatrice.rutgers.edu>
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On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Allen Smith wrote: > On Nov 20, 6:21pm, dannyman (possibly) wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 08:39:16AM -0800, EE wrote: > > > Hy, > > > I'm looking for a password generator. > > > Does anybody know where I can found one? > > > > ... > > > > This is actually a labotomised function call that's part of a script I wrote > > to add users to our system. It generates a random password if the user > > doesn't supply one. > > IIRC, the original requestor was wanting one that would produce > _pronouceable_ passwords. I don't have one, but the following is an > improved version of the above (written for about the same purpose): There is actaully a standard for doing this, FIPS-181. You can get a version of this, fully implimented in C at the following: http://192.35.156.12/ After filling that out choose 'ENTER THE ARCHIVE HERE', once there choose 'FIPS181'. Have fun, that program could use some work, but it is an excellent start. -- David Cross To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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