No, I said strong passwords. From Crypt::PassGen: "This module should not be used for high security applications (such as user accounts) since it returns passwords that are not mixed case, have no punctuation and no letters [sic]. This word can be used as a basis for a more secure password." Anything can be used as a basis for more security.

The lack of ANY discussion on pwgen's sourceforge project site or home page leads me to dismiss it. I'm not going to go slogging through their source code to determine their methods and analyze whether it's strong or weak-- at least, not until I hear their own analysis and agree with their executive summary of proper security methodology.

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In reply to Re: Re: Re: Random String Generator by halley
in thread Random String Generator by nimdokk

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