On 11/12/01 13:28, "Stephanie Maks" <steph_at_maksystems.com> wrote:
> Sounds to me like what is required is a simple utility where you have maybe
> three options:
>
> Number of Characters?
> Alpha, numeric, or alphanumeric?
> Case Sensitive?
>
> Then tap the 'Go' button, and it returns a totally random string which meets
> the answers to the above questions. Say I am a network administrator and I
> need to give someone access to my system, and this happens so often I've
> exhausted my imagination. So I run the utility, I want an 8 character
> alphanumeric password that is case sensitive. Tap 'Go' and the Newton
> responds:
>
> New Password: cd45^&AZ
>
> Which I then use to set up the account and inform the user.
>
> I'd love one of these programs too cos, you know, I am a network
> administrator and have to assign passwords all the time.
>
> At least, that's how I interpreted the initial request, and I've been
> following the thread hoping someone would come along and say "Yes, here it
> is: xxxxx.pkg"
>
> Never even thought about hacking or breaking shareware.
>
> I used to have a program that did exactly this, back for that one month that
> I suffered a WinCE device.
Unfortunately, I've never heard of such of a program on the Newton. Not that
one doesn't exist, just that since I started using a Newton, back in 1993, I
haven't heard of any program that does that...
-Laurent.
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