On Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:26:22 +0100, Kai Peter wrote:

> > The was a tool in portage this did this. I tried it but it did not
> > work in the real world because you couldn't set a rule for generated 
> > passwords
> > that matched the requirements of all sites, for example some require a
> > non-alphanumeric character while other sites only allow alphanumerics.
> > 
> > I can remember what the tools was called, although I'm pretty sure it
> > was written in Python. I'd be interested to know how you get around
> > the conflicting restrictions as this seems a good way to do things.  
> 
> By using an existing tool you have to live with its restrictions
> always. But who says that it could not be done?

It wasn't so much a restriction in the tool as the sites, which have
conflicting requirements for passwords - especially the ones that have a
MAXIMUM password length.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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