Random string

Oleg Broytmann phd at phd.pp.ru
Tue Dec 5 07:07:27 EST 2000


On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Jay O'Connor wrote:
> 	Is there a good algorithm or existing function for creating a random string such
> as "AFYGADFGWETOQW6DSJD", suitable as a 'session id' for a web session

   Run md5 or sha1 over random int, convert the hash to a string and take
any number of characters.

Oleg.
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