Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!mcvax!vu44!sater From: sater@vu44.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Passwords Message-ID: <198@vu44.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Jun-83 13:01:55 EDT Article-I.D.: vu44.198 Posted: Mon Jun 20 13:01:55 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Jun-83 11:55:09 EDT Lines: 17 About using a passwd generator I have the following to add. If the random number generator inside it has a too small period you get into amusing trouble. See Password Security: A Case History by Robert Morris and Ken Thompson as distributed with the standard V7 documentation. The relevant passage starts An anecdote How long can one prevent to reinvent the wheel ? Hans van Staveren Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Holland