My thanks to the crew of the Norwich University Help Desk for drawing my attention to xyzzy and thus suggesting the topic of this column and the preceding two. I like this program so much that I am now using it to help generate my own passwords with the addition of a few strategically placed special characters (which I’m not going to tell you). The author writes, “For added fun, try to think of definitions for the words that xyzzy generates.” I would say, “for added security” because such mnemonics make it easier to remember the password without writing it down. Here are some examples from a run of the program using 10 characters including numbers: This utility lets you choose the number of characters, the number of passwords to create and whether to include numbers. This time I look at a couple of password generators based on the classic paper by Morrie Gasser, A Random Word Generator for Pronounceable Passwords. For example, if a password contains the letter 'Q', then it is very likely that it will also contain a 'U' right beside it, because this is almost always the case in real words.” Random password generator Output: Pronounceable password generator Output. In simple terms, it uses the statistics of how often one letter appears next to another and generates passwords based on these trends. End of Preview - Want to read all 4 pages Access Now. “The algorithm used to create the passwords is based on work of several people. Weintraub’s freeware program is 183 KB and uses digram frequencies to optimize the readability of the random strings: Make some letters capital, or insert punctuation and numbers.” He also points out, “Steve Weintraub has written a nice pre-packaged version called XYZZY for Mac and Windows.” Recently, an improved technique for proactive password. Select how many passwords you want and the password length. Quantity: Length: Capitalize the first letter of the password. Select how many passwords you want and the password length, then click Generate. Since it runs in the browser, you don't need to trust any server-side tool, and since the code is pretty short, you don't have to trust me. Passwds.io is a pronounceable password generator that allows you to generate easily memorable strong pronounceable passwords quickly by selecting the password. The author recommends, “The best way to use this generator is to take its output it in ways known only to you. Finally, a password generator can be used by the system to generate secure passwords for the users. Summary Finally, a password generator that creates easy-to-remember readable pronounceable passwords. Finally, a password generator that creates easy-to-remember readable pronounceable passwords. Pronounceable (or not) password generator This is a simple tool to generate a password you can pronounce (less so than when I started on 'simple').
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