[TriLUG] OT: password generation

[Corey Mutter]

Warren Myers wrote:
> Howdy:
> 
> I have been interested in cryptography for a long time, and know, as
> I'm sure most of you do, that passwords tend to be the weak point of a
> system.
> 
> I recently wrote a password generator (available on my website
> http://warrenmyers.com/pwd.php or in slightly different form
> http://warrenmyers.com/stuff/pwd.zip, linux binary compressed) and am
> wondering if any of you have come across other random password
> generators, and what your experience in general of securing your
> passwords and accounts has been.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Warren
I use SopPasswd.pl, which is a 'pronounceable-password' generator, to 
make default passwords for my users. It's not terribly secure, but 
they're internal systems, so it's better than the usual static strings...

Corey