[NCLUG] speaking of high school
Sean Reifschneider
jafo at tummy.com
Tue Feb 13 18:49:42 MST 2001
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 11:02:36AM -0700, mike cullerton wrote:
> hope things are treating you well today. i have an algorithm/programming
>question. what's the best way to generate a random password in code?
How about:
passwd = os.popen('gpw', 'r').readlines()[0]
gpw is a fine program that generates random passwords based on english
letter combinations. So, they tend to be things that SOUND like words,
but aren't.
Sean
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