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August 1998

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Little password tweak...
by The Dragon De Monsyne 03 Aug '98

03 Aug '98

I've been poking 'round 1.0b5.. I've got stuff that I'll be working on, but first I'd thought I'd submit this. It's just a really simple little mnemnonic password generator. Ive been using it fer months on my much-hacked up 1.0b1 install (which should be retiering soon), and it's just a little niceity. Basically, what ye do, is, if ye install the following module, and apply this patch, afterward, instead of your list subscribers getting passwords like 'lPg_' when mailman assigns a password (like during a mass subscribe, or email sub w/ no password supplied), they get passwords like 'cold-blue-tiger', or similar. ----Begin PassGen.py ----- import string, whrandom # this generates (hopefully) easy to remember random passwords -ddm passphrase = [ [ "hot", "cold" , "warm" , "tall", "short", "wide" , "thin", "heavy", "light", "fast" ,"slow", "wet", "dry", "furry", "scaled", "smart", "dumb", "happy", "sad", "sly", "bouncy", "sleepy", "early" ,"late", "wise" ], [ "red", "orange", "yellow", "green", "blue", "violet" , "white", "black", "grey" , "brown", "tan", "silver", "gold", "aqua", "pink" , "navy", "azure","plaid", "paisley", "beige", "clear", "copper" ], [ "dragon", "gryphon", "centaur", "faun", "wolf", "fox" ,"bear", "eagle", "lizard", "newt", "fish", "snake", "horse", "unicorn", "deer", "dog", "cat", "lion", "puma", "rat", "mouse", "racoon", "badger","gopher", "seal", "whale", "mule", "walrus", "otter","turtle", "zebra", "tiger", "dingo" ,"koala", "kangaroo", "dinosaur", "pegasus", "bigfoot", "beaver", "possum", "skunk", "hawk", "orca", "panda", "raven" ] ] rgen= whrandom.whrandom() def RandomPhrase(): """Generates random, AOL-style passphrases. """ p=[] for each in passphrase: p.append(rgen.choice(each)) return string.join(p,"-") ----End PassGen.py ----- ----Begin patch -------- diff -c -r /tmp/mailman-1.0b5/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py Mailman/Cgi/admin.py *** Mailman/Cgi/admin.py Mon Jul 27 17:48:31 1998 --- Mailman/Cgi/admin.py Mon Aug 3 06:31:12 1998 *************** *** 27,32 **** --- 27,34 ---- import paths # path hacking from Mailman import Utils, MailList, Errors, MailCommandHandler from Mailman import Cookie + from Mailman import PassGen + from Mailman.htmlformat import * from Mailman.Crypt import crypt from Mailman import mm_cfg *************** *** 711,718 **** if not lst.nondigestable: digest = 1 try: ! lst.ApprovedAddMember(new_name, (Utils.GetRandomSeed() + ! Utils.GetRandomSeed()), digest) subscribe_success.append(new_name) except Errors.MMAlreadyAMember: subscribe_errors.append((new_name, 'Already a member')) --- 713,719 ---- if not lst.nondigestable: digest = 1 try: ! lst.ApprovedAddMember(new_name, PassGen.RandomPhrase(), digest) subscribe_success.append(new_name) except Errors.MMAlreadyAMember: subscribe_errors.append((new_name, 'Already a member')) diff -c -r /tmp/mailman-1.0b5/Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py *** Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py Mon Jul 27 17:48:31 1998 --- Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py Mon Aug 3 06:51:54 1998 *************** *** 29,35 **** import mm_cfg import Utils import Pending ! option_descs = { 'digest' : 'receive mail from the list bundled together instead of ' --- 29,35 ---- import mm_cfg import Utils import Pending ! import PassGen option_descs = { 'digest' : 'receive mail from the list bundled together instead of ' *************** *** 413,420 **** address = "" done_digest = 0 if not len(args): ! password = "%s%s" % (Utils.GetRandomSeed(), ! Utils.GetRandomSeed()) elif len(args) > 3: self.AddError("Usage: subscribe [password] " "[digest|nodigest] [address=<email-address>]") --- 413,419 ---- address = "" done_digest = 0 if not len(args): ! password = PassGen.RandomPhrase() elif len(args) > 3: self.AddError("Usage: subscribe [password] " "[digest|nodigest] [address=<email-address>]") *************** *** 437,444 **** "[address=<email-address>]") return if not password: ! password = "%s%s" % (Utils.GetRandomSeed(), ! Utils.GetRandomSeed()) if not address: pending_addr = mail.GetSender() else: --- 436,442 ---- "[address=<email-address>]") return if not password: ! password = PassGen.RandomPhrase() if not address: pending_addr = mail.GetSender() else: ----End patch -------- -The Dragon De Monsyne

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