Comments on: random passwords

By: Arnaud Launay

Arnaud Launay — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:49:50 +0000

Personally, I use the following shell code:

head -c 8 /dev/urandom | uuencode -m - | tail -n 2 | head -c 8; echo

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:55:56 +0000

@Andy

That’s sweet man … gotta learn Python. :T

Plus, PHP needs a rand_password() function.

By: Andy Dustman

Andy Dustman — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:54:04 +0000

Python version:

def generate_password(bits=48):
“”"Generate a password that has at least the number of bits of
entropy requested (default: 48).”"”
from math import ceil
bytes = int(ceil(bits / 8.0))
return file(’/dev/urandom’).read(bytes).encode(’base64′).replace(’=', ”)

or if you just want an one-line expression:

password = file(’/dev/urandom’).read(6).encode(’base64′).replace(’=', ”)

will give you 8-character (48-bit) passwords.

By: Steve's Lover

Steve's Lover — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:20:38 +0000

You, my friend, are a geek. But I got NUTHIN’ but love for ya.