If you are in the habit of changing your computer and online passwords every month like you should be, you know how hard it is to think of something that is secure enough. Enter SafePasswd. This online tool generates random passwords based on a number of different criteria. First you choose your type of password:
- Easy to remember
- Letters A - Z
- Number 0 - 9
- Letters and Number
- All characters
- Hex
What's great about this tool is that you are guaranteed to get a secure random password. SafePasswd shows a password quality meter that determines if the password is secure enough. A great feature is the ability to play around with the selectors until you get a password that you are happy with. No more lame unsecured passwords, these are the real deal. Now, trying to remember them is a different story.
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9-08-2006 @ 4:27PM
Monoto said...
I'll have to check this one out, especially now that the IT department is making us change our passwords every 90 days. SafePasswd's "Easy to remember" setting is a major bonus for this kind of scenario.
So far I've been using GRC's password generator at https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm They automatically give you very long passwords, so if I want one that's not so huge, I'll copy and paste the part I want.
As for managing all those crazy passwords, I've been meaning to look into KeePass. Every time I see a post about password management, either the post praises it or the commenters say that KeePass is better than whatever the blogger is schlepping.
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9-08-2006 @ 5:37PM
Peter said...
Monoto - Definitely check out KeePass. It is a fabulous password manager. And it is open source, which is particularly important with software that you are trusting not to "phone home" or do anything else with your data.
It will also generate passwords of any length and character set you want. I have used it to create long random passwords for my web logons. I keep a copy of the application (just a single EXE) and the database at home, at work and on my USB drive. So anyplace you can run the executable, you can access the passwords. It will also autofill the logon and password fields for you.
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