Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Sort of Random Passwords Message-ID: <4242@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 16:47:03 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.4242 Posted: Mon Aug 20 16:47:03 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Aug-84 16:47:03 EDT References: <12465@sri-arpa.UUCP> <202@amd.UUCP>, <214@sdchema.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 9 As the Multics people figured out a good many years ago, random-password generators are much more acceptable to people if their output words are pronounceable. This makes them much easier to remember. All that's needed is to generate random syllables rather than random letters. -- "The trouble with a just economy is, who runs the Bureau of Economic Justice?" Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry