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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Free password generators, Part 1

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Free password generators, Part 1

M. E. Kabay By M. E. Kabay
Some help desks suggest to their users that they try public password generators to create good passwords. I looked at a few generators, and here's what I observed. Read full story

M. E. Kabay, PhD, CISSP-ISSMP is Program Director of the Master of Science in Information Assurance and CTO of the School of Graduate Studies at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt. Mich can be reached by e-mail and his Web site.


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