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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Sort of Random Passwords
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Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 16:47:03 EDT
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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.
-- 
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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