On 12/08/17 12:24 PM, Carmen Bianca Bakker wrote:
On 12/08/17 17:58, Linux Kamarada wrote:
I've never used a GUI/CLI password generator, always when I need, I use online ones.
I heavily recommend against this.
I agree! It was why I asked.
You cannot really trust that the password you are given on that web page is not also stored by the provider of that web page. You could be semi-sure by turning off internet access during password generation (and thus relying solely on local JavaScript), but it's honestly a needless risk to take.
They might call us 'paranoid' but I think that is quite valid.
pwgen is a perfectly good tool for this purpose.
On thank you. I wasn't aware of that $ pwgen -c -n -y -s -B 18 1 noXPrJy7rNiVcVTf3t Ah, good! Well, that's one I won't use :-) -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org