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mingshun
07-28-2002, 09:29 PM
Hi,

I'm currently looking for "human readable" (would not mix digits such as zero and 'o' for ordinary together) random password program. Does anyone here uses them? If do not tell me to write my own (that would be my last resort though).

Thanks.

endoalpha
07-28-2002, 11:50 PM
try a dictionary.... randomly flip through the dictionary, pick a word, randomly pick a connector (ie + or - or _ etc) and randomly pick another word in the dictionary.
I did it and got polecat_breech as a password. No programming required.

mdwatts
07-29-2002, 06:17 AM
Try searching freshmeat.net for i.e. password generator.

Strike
07-31-2002, 08:42 AM
Searching with Debian's APT tool, I get:

Package: pwgen
Description: Automatic Password generation
pwgen generates random, meaningless but pronounceable passwords.
These passwords contain either only lowercase letters, or upper
and lower case mixed, or digits thrown in.
Uppercase letters and digits are placed in a way that eases
remembering their position when memorizing only the word.

Sounds like what you want.