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@ 2004-09-02 08:00:00
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pwgen - 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.

Another from Robert Waldner:
Tired of straining your imagination for new & reasonably secure passwords twenty times a day? Here's help.

I've been using pwgen for years. Always feels good not to reuse an existing password. But what to do with all those passwords?

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[info]miguelitof
2004-09-02 09:07 am UTC (link)
I've been using the Secure Password Generator extension for Firefox. Since I normally need access to a password while using Firefox, and Firefox's password manager does a good job of storing the passwords that the extension generates.

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pwgen - Firefox Addon
(Anonymous)
2009-06-17 04:49 am UTC (link)
Try pwgen https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12441 .. I find it better over secure password generator... it is faster and simpler in my opinion.

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[info]piman
2004-09-02 09:28 am UTC (link)
Besides passwords, since the results are pronouncable, I've used them for RPG character names too.

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[info]toykeeper
2004-09-02 05:25 pm UTC (link)
hehehe... I did this a couple times too. :)

It can take a while, but works well.

I should pump a name list through warble, too. It would likely do a better job of making names. (it produces markov chains of letters, to imitate whatever language it is given)

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[info]rbarclay
2004-09-02 10:24 am UTC (link)
I keep those in GnuPG-encrypted text-files. Makes it easier to get to them from remote.

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talk about remote access
(Anonymous)
2004-09-03 03:11 pm UTC (link)
keyring for palmos (http://gnukeyring.sf.net)

stores my account info (account name, user name, password, notes) AND generates passwords (4,6,8,10,16,20 characters in length; a-z, A-Z, 0-9, !@$, etc charactersets; and pronounceable option).

one password unlocks access to my stored passwords and password generator.

accessible without an internet connection or even when without electricity! ;-)

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makepasswd
(Anonymous)
2004-09-02 01:00 pm UTC (link)
There's also makepasswd - http://packages.qa.debian.org/m/makepasswd.html

"Generates true random passwords by using the /dev/random feature of Linux, with
the emphasis on security over pronounceability."

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What about apg?
(Anonymous)
2004-09-02 01:20 pm UTC (link)
It generates a lot better passwords, and easier to remember too, I've used it in the last year without a problem.

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