Strong password generation

[sfx2000]

Thought I would share, considering the recent DDOS and other issues... these can easily be done via command line - the OpenSSL one is handy, as many 3rd party Firmware (like AsusWRT-RMerlin) have CLI access and OpenSSL already in place...

Using OpenSSL

openssl rand -base64 14​

Using /dev/urandom

< /dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c14; echo​

Using GPG

gpg --gen-random --armor 1 14​

 

[RMerlin]

I still use a very old tool from PC Tools called "Password Utilities" (passutils.exe) for generating secure passwords when I need random ones. It even generates phonetical pronounciations, to help avoid those o,0 or O confusions.

KzaX%X58 (KILO - zulu - alpha - X-RAY - Percentage - X-RAY - Five - Eight)

 

[sfx2000]

I still use a very old tool from PC Tools called "Password Utilities" (passutils.exe) for generating secure passwords when I need random ones. It even generates phonetical pronounciations, to help avoid those o,0 or O confusions.

pwgen is also very good - it's in most of the mainstream linux repo's as a package (both Debian and RedHat based)

Example below - and it does have some switches that can help with things...

$ pwgen 14
Iesh6ohWaeth5d yoogoBooz8kohP wo0IkouHo2eg1t Aewie0shuqu7Xa Ohmo2eigh0chai
ZoxahDeuG1vage aon8eizaeMooYo caiJeRulooth2i de7cueSha9geem Zei8AeHaNgooPh
lipheiZe9hohci Koh5aetiimae1N toxach3Mai0ahl ahcahyah9Do8ia shooQu9hohthie
Veesheij2aenge ahJ7ung4ohzaht Goo5Ohj9ieX8ei Eec2xeiThi7aif oocuGh5aisaeCo

The OpenSSL trick is nice, because most *nix distro's have some version of OpenSSL installed...