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RE: "Proactive" Password Checking


From: Andreas Gunnarsson <Andreas.Gunnarsson () emw ericsson se>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 23:19:09 +0100 (CET)

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Paul McNabb wrote:

However, machine generated passphrases will be significantly better.

*IF* the random number generator is good. Maybe this is obvious, but I
wanted to point it out anyway. Make sure the random number generator is
good enough before using it to genarate passwords.

   Andreas

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