[colug-432] Random Generator

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On Sun, 25 May 2014 21:50:02 -0400, George Larson <george.g.larson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 1:17 PM, tom <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Is there a better command line to produce a random password? 

> ​curl -s '
> https://www.random.org/strings/?num=25&len=20&digits=on&loweralpha=on&upperalpha=on&unique=on&format=plain&rnd=new'
> | head -$(( (RANDOM % 25)+1 )) | tail -2 | perl -pe 's/\n//'"​

That might be random, but as https://www.random.org/passwords/ says:

    Nevertheless, the best data security practice is not to let 
    anyone but yourself generate your most important passwords. 

    ... you shouldn't use any online service to generate 
    passwords for highly sensitive things, such as your online 
    bank account.