I too shall chime in for the first time. There is a tool called mkpasswd include with the program 'expect'.
Expect is a tool which allows scripting of programs which normally require user input. As one of the samples provided, mkpasswd can actually use the system passwd command to change the password. You can control the length of the generated password, the minimum number of digits that must be in the password, the minimum number of lowercase alphabetic characters which must be in the password, the minimum number of uppercase alphabetic characters which must be in the password, the minimum number of special characters (punctuation, etc.) that must be in the password. It also has a (neat in my opinion) option to make sure characters come from alternating hands on a QWERTY keyboard. This supposedly makes passwords harder to watch over someone's shoulder as they type in. The mkpasswd manual page is here: http://expect.nist.gov/example/mkpasswd.man.html The entire expect package is here: http://expect.nist.gov/ Expect is free and runs under Unixes and NT. > -----Original Message----- > From: Wolf, Glenn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 9:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Password generators > > > Hi, my first post to this group... > > Don't use "1337" replacement. L0phtcrack and other password crackers > already check for this. I would recommend something similar to the > following Java applet which generates 10 pronounceable (but > non-dictionary-word) passwords: > > http://www.multicians.org/thvv/gpw.html > > Glenn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brent Gardner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 9:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Password generators > > > Check out the L33t-5p34K G3n3r@t0r at: > > http://www.geocities.com/mnstr_2000/translate.html > > Plug in an easily remembered word and it spits out an 1337 version > containing caps, lower-case, numbers, and non-alphanumeric characters. > > Brent P. Gardner > Network Administrator > IPRO Tech, Inc. > 602-324-4776 > www.iprocorp.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcus James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 7:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Password generators > > > Hi all, > > Could someone recommend a good (and free) password generator > for Windows > NT /2000? > > Thanks. > -- > __________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > Save up to $160 by signing up for NetZero Platinum Internet service. > http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=N2P0602NEP8 > >
