Re: password in recovery.conf [SOLVED]

On 27/09/14 11:56, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 9/26/2014 4:40 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
>> I'd consider using `mkpasswd -l 15 -s 0` just to avoid any such
>> problems. 15 random alphanumerics is already plenty complex,
>> 62^15th possible combinations, without needing to mix in special
>> characters.
>>
>> $ mkpasswd -l 15 -s 0
>> eec1kj7ZsthlYmh
>
> btw, thats 768,909,700,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible passwords. 768
> septillion, using the aamerican 'short scale' naming convention. if
> you could brute force try 10000/second, it would merely take
> 24,365,800,000,000 centuries (24 trillion).
>
So do you think a password like *Nxw7TnC2^}%(}tEz* is strong enough? :-)

I developed a Java program that generates 20 passwords (each of 16
characters) at a time, I've attached it for anyone who might be
interested. I have put it under the GPL version 3, but I might consider
releasing under other licences.

Cheers,
Gavin