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I just keep the RandomKeyGen [0] site on the top of my bookmarks, and whenever I need to set a password for a newly spun up server, or SQL DBA admin password et
by cyberferret 8y ago
I just keep the RandomKeyGen [0] site on the top of my bookmarks, and whenever I need to set a password for a newly spun up server, or SQL DBA admin password etc., I just pick a random one from there.
Advantage over a password manager? - sometimes I have to document what the password is in offline technical notes or a password vault for the customer, and doing it this way lets me kill two birds with one stone.
[0] - https://randomkeygen.com/ https://randomkeygen.com/
- arthurcolle 8y agoNice try, NSA
- meruru 8y agoBetter to use the `pwgen` command for that. There's no guarantee the passwords from that site are really random / not being stored.
- cyberferret 8y agoTrue, but that site doesn't just give you one option, but dozens, from which I can randomly choose one. I normally change one or two characters from the ones listed anyhow, just in the unlikely event they are somehow using a fixed list which they are randomly choosing from.
- Symmetry 8y agoI tend to use `gpw` because while it has less entropy per character I can easily memorize a much longer password if its pronounceable.
- sp332 8y agoMine is https://mostsecure.pw/ https://mostsecure.pw/ (please note this is a joke)
- Nition 8y agoI'm amazed that this has been seen 0 times on HaveIBeenPwned[1]. It must be so secure that sites you use it on can't even be hacked. [1] https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords
- kalleboo 8y agoI've always used the "password assistant" built-in to macOS's keychain when I need to generate passwords.
- fxfan 8y agoIs there a similar site that makes memorable passwords but long? (basically I get entropy and can remember if needed). I use keepasaxc which doesn't have this.
- emerongi 8y agoKeepassXC has an xkcd-style[0] generator where the password will just be e.g. "correct horse battery staple". I usually use these for mobile apps, although I don't try to actually remember them, so not sure how easy it is. [0] https://xkcd.com/936/ https://xkcd.com/936/
- camtarn 8y agoTry https://www.rempe.us/diceware/ https://www.rempe.us/diceware/ Disclaimer: I don't know much about this site and don't have any trust relationship with it. Have a read of the FAQ on the page and verify for yourself.
- sondr3 8y agoI really enjoy using https://makemeapassword.ligos.net https://makemeapassword.ligos.net for xkcd-style passwords because the sentences you get are a lot easier to write as they sort of follow the natural syntax of English, yet are still completely nonsense. My single gripe with 1Passwords generator is that it just picks words at random, losing the cadence and flow of language.
- jobigoud 8y agoWhy do you say this is an advantage over a password manager? You can store notes along password entries.
- cyberferret 8y agoNot as easy to hand over to the customer at the end of a project though. We either manually enter the passwords in a digital vault under their control, or hand over a printed paper dossier with the access codes in it for them to do what they wish with them.
- KayEss 8y agoMy ~/bin/makepass file: #! /bin/bash cat /dev/urandom | base64 --wrap ${1:-"10"} | head -n 1 Defaults to 10 character passwords, but you can put bigger numbers as the first argument. I don't think the `base64` command is on the Mac, so probably won't work there.
- d33 8y agoHow about: tr -dc '[:print:]' < /dev/urandom | head -c 20