Free password generators, Part 3

NetworkWorld.com | Security Research Center | Update Your Profile Free password generators, Part 3 By M. E. Kabay In the first two of this three-part series, I've been asking, "What's a good password?" and looking at password generators available free on the Web. This time I look at a couple of password generators based on the classic paper by Morrie Gasser, "A Random Word Generator for Pronounceable Passwords" published by MITRE in 1975 and available online. Read full story Editor's Note: Today's Security Strategies Alert was mailed with the wrong content. We've corrected the problem and this newsletter includes the link to the password generator story, as indicated in the subject line of this e-mail. We apologize for the incovenience. 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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