<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>+1</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:8px;color:#575757">Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone</div></div><br><br><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Bill Schwanitz <bilsch@bilsch.org> </div><div>Date:05/24/2014 1:49 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Central OH Linux User Group - 432xx <colug-432@colug.net> </div><div>Subject: Re: [colug-432] Random Generator </div><div><br></div>pwgen or lastpass<br><br>I have switched to lastpass with yubi key. been using that for a while now and so far works great. <br><br><br>Bill Schwanitz<br><br>If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. - Albert Einstein.<br><br>> On May 24, 2014, at 1:29 PM, tom <thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> <br>>> On 05/24/2014 12:17 PM, tom wrote:<br>>> I decided to change my Ebay password. After reading the timely <br>>> password survey discussion, and other sources I decided to use a <br>>> lengthy random password.<br>>> <br>>> dd if=/dev/random bs=1 count=48 2>/dev/null | base64 -w 0 | rev | cut <br>>> -b 2- | rev<br>>> jdLtcA0QawkgrYWDWkMEhAy9JCPX0hCwU/H0emcTew7QuTowMLax1tzKiqsFWhh<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> I wanted to see if that length exceeded ebay's limit. No I am not <br>>> going to use that password. While writing it down I noticed elements <br>>> that could qualify as dictionary words: awk, ME, JCP, emc, Tow, Lax.<br>>> <br>>> I then went for a shorter password. It appears to be more random:<br>>> <br>>> dd if=/dev/random bs=1 count=32 2>/dev/null | base64 -w 0 | rev | cut <br>>> -b 2- | rev<br>>> nEh2cXZ+qb648Im9GbOh4i3Ls88TNKcKPraq4vp4TkY<br>>> <br>>> Looks like the first command line is running out of resources in my <br>>> laptop. It was last booted 10 days ago. Dell Inspiron 1520. Pentium <br>>> DualCore 64 bit. @ GB RAM.<br>>> <br>>> Is there a better command line to produce a random password? Anything <br>>> I can do with my laptop to produce more randomness, like increase the <br>>> number of processes running?<br>>> <br>>> Tom<br>> I just created a password for Ebay using dd if=/dev/random bs=1 count=32 <br>> 2>/dev/null | base64 -w 0 | rev | cut -b 2- | rev . I got message "Your <br>> password cannot be longer than 20 characters." Are they serious about <br>> security?<br>> <br>> Any thoughts about best command line to create the most random password <br>> that fits their requirements?<br>> <br>> Tom<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> colug-432 mailing list<br>> colug-432@colug.net<br>> http://lists.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/colug-432<br>> <br><br>_______________________________________________<br>colug-432 mailing list<br>colug-432@colug.net<br>http://lists.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/colug-432<br></body>