From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 20 17:42:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA20697 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:42:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from o2.cs.rpi.edu (o2.cs.rpi.edu [128.113.96.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA20684 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:42:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from crossd@o2.cs.rpi.edu) Received: from localhost (crossd@localhost) by o2.cs.rpi.edu (980427.SGI.8.8.8/980728.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id UAA16650; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:42:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:41:54 -0500 From: "David E. Cross" To: Allen Smith cc: dannyman , ee123@rocketmail.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password generator In-Reply-To: <9811201850.ZM5103@beatrice.rutgers.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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