[Gllug] Random password generation

Gordon Joly gordon.joly at pobox.com
Tue Sep 11 09:44:26 UTC 2001


>FWIR of using crack, it doesnt just go thru a dictionary of words, it
>takes each word in turn and applies transpositions and substitutions.  so
>letters get moved arround, upper and lower casing is applied, aswell as
>swapping o's for 0's, i's for 1's etc etc.
>
>


I often wondered about that.

So, I might use "g0rd0" and feel safe? No... not at all.

Best suggestion is to form a sentence and "inherit" a password?

:-)

Gordo

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