Re: Turn server password

[Ali Alhaidary]

Thank you, I did not past the one I am using ;-)

The manual specified the leading digits, and put the rest as 'x', so I 
assumed that I will get the exact leading digits and some other random 
ones for the 'x'.


nice to know otherwise...


On 9/27/20 11:15 PM, seba.wag...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know exactly what you mean, but this is a random string. 
Obviously if you re-generate it it will be a different one every time.


There is also no mandatory length. You could also just generate a 16 
char long string and use that one, for example via:

openssl rand -hex 16
Or a 8 char long string:
openssl rand -hex 8

Doesn't make it more secure if you reduce length! And it's a shared 
secret (like a cryptographic salt) - so don't post it online! :)


Thanks,
Seb

Sebastian Wagner
Director Arrakeen Solutions
http://arrakeen-solutions.co.nz/



On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 00:10, Ali Alhaidary 
mailto:ali.alhaid...@the5stars.org>> wrote:


when I do:

sudo openssl rand -hex 32

I should get a password like:

751c45cae60a2839711a94c8d6bf0089e78b2149ca602fdX

But instead, I get something like:

d26a4d6a72013192c7da2d86133db657ee1ace66e64e4fdX

Does this matter?

Re: Turn server password

[seba.wag...@gmail.com]

I don't know exactly what you mean, but this is a random string. Obviously
if you re-generate it it will be a different one every time.

There is also no mandatory length. You could also just generate a 16 char
long string and use that one, for example via:
openssl rand -hex 16
Or a 8 char long string:
openssl rand -hex 8

Doesn't make it more secure if you reduce length! And it's a shared secret
(like a cryptographic salt) - so don't post it online! :)

Thanks,
Seb

Sebastian Wagner
Director Arrakeen Solutions
http://arrakeen-solutions.co.nz/




On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 00:10, Ali Alhaidary 
wrote:

> when I do:
>
> sudo openssl rand -hex 32
>
> I should get a password like:
>
> 751c45cae60a2839711a94c8d6bf0089e78b2149ca602fdX
>
> But instead, I get something like:
>
> d26a4d6a72013192c7da2d86133db657ee1ace66e64e4fdX
>
> Does this matter?
>
>

Turn server password

[Ali Alhaidary]

when I do:

sudo openssl rand -hex 32

I should get a password like:

751c45cae60a2839711a94c8d6bf0089e78b2149ca602fdX

But instead, I get something like:

d26a4d6a72013192c7da2d86133db657ee1ace66e64e4fdX

Does this matter?