Meow-Misfit@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL that if you search "Password generator, [x] characters, [y] strength" at DuckDuckGo, it will generate a password for you.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down127
arrow-up1345arrow-down1imageTIL that if you search "Password generator, [x] characters, [y] strength" at DuckDuckGo, it will generate a password for you.lemmy.worldMeow-Misfit@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square93linkfedilink
minus-squarecalliopelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 days agoIf you’re already generating an md5 and truncating it (an md5 of what?), you might as well use pwgen.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoI haven’t in a while, but back when I generated passwords for users, I would use the openssl command.
minus-squareragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·12 days agoAn md5 of whatever string pops in your head at that moment. True randomness is a persons nonsequitors This makes sense. I had no idea what tools existed because as mentioned many db solutions exist for this
![TIL that if you search "Password generator, [x] characters, [y] strength" at DuckDuckGo, it will generate a password for you.](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/31a5b1e1-4330-4a27-aa88-cc47a25acb05.jpeg){kind=link}
If you’re already generating an md5 and truncating it (an md5 of what?), you might as well use pwgen.
I haven’t in a while, but back when I generated passwords for users, I would use the openssl command.
An md5 of whatever string pops in your head at that moment. True randomness is a persons nonsequitors
This makes sense. I had no idea what tools existed because as mentioned many db solutions exist for this