[Tutor] Clunky Password maker

Wolf Halton wolf.halton at gmail.com
Wed May 25 23:02:22 CEST 2011


Now I see. I am going to go woodshed this. Thanks y'all for all the cool
ideas!

Wolf

On May 25, 2011 4:05 PM, "Adam Bark" <adam.jtm30 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25/05/11 19:54, Modulok wrote:
>> Depending on what your passwords are going to be protecting, be aware
that the
>> default generator in the random module is:
>>
>> "...completely unsuitable for cryptographic purposes."
> If he's just planning on making a few passwords I think the period of
> 2**19937-1 of the Mersenne twister is plenty large enough not to worry
> about.
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