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From: jmc@ptsfa.PacBell.COM (Jerry Carlin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Password Choices
Message-ID: <4436@ptsfa.PacBell.COM>
Date: 22 Jul 88 22:53:54 GMT
References: <16595@brl-adm.ARPA>
Reply-To: jmc@ptsfa.PacBell.COM (Jerry Carlin)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
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In article <16595@brl-adm.ARPA> JPLILER@simtel20.arpa (John R. Pliler) writes:
>>>Why not use a *random* password generator?

Just make sure that the algorithm generates a LARGE number of
possibilities and is not known.  If someone gets it and it generates too
small a number (such as 10 to the 10th) of possibilities someone can
easily find out all your passwords.

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Jerry Carlin (415) 823-2441 {bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!jmc
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