A random password generator is a software program or hardware device that takes input from a random or pseudo-random number generator and automatically...
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Random number generation is a process by which, often by means of a random number generator (RNG), a sequence of numbers or symbols is generated that...
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Some password managers may include a password generator. Generated passwords may be guessable if the password manager uses a weak method of randomly generating...
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passwords using a cryptographically secure random password generator, as well as calculating the entropy of the generated password. A good password manager...
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Salt (cryptography) (redirect from Password salting)
In cryptography, a salt is random data fed as an additional input to a one-way function that hashes data, a password or passphrase. Salting helps defend...
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PassMap Password fatigue Password notification e-mail Password psychology Password synchronization Pre-shared key Random password generator Shibboleth...
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Fortuna random number generator is an example of an algorithm which uses this mechanism. Generate passwords and passphrases using a true random source...
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The Secure Remote Password protocol (SRP) is an augmented password-authenticated key exchange (PAKE) protocol, specifically designed to work around existing...
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to the end user." Random password generator Secure error messages in software systems Single sign-on Improving Usability of Password Management with Standardized...
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Diceware (category Password authentication)
for creating passphrases, passwords, and other cryptographic variables using ordinary dice as a hardware random number generator. For each word in the passphrase...
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Firefox Lockwise (category Password managers)
then Lockwise synced passwords between Firefox installations across devices. It also featured a built-in random password generator. The application and...
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KeePass (redirect from KeePass Password Safe)
features a built-in password generator that generates random passwords. Random seeding can be done through user input (mouse movement and random keyboard input)...
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Bitwarden (category Free password managers)
export to JSON, encrypted JSON, and CSV formats; a random password generator; a password strength tester; autofill of login and other forms; integration...
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emphasized the usefulness of password managers, while TechRadar found it outdated due to tools like password generators. Infinite Craft, another game...
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Key (cryptography) (section Key vs password)
stretching Key-agreement protocol glossary Password psychology Public key fingerprint Random number generator Session key Tripcode Machine-readable paper...
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Key derivation function (redirect from Password Based Key Derivation Function)
KDF is the key derivation function, key is the original key or password, salt is a random number which acts as cryptographic salt, and iterations refers...
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attacks on stored password hash digests. For details, see § Attacks on hashed passwords. A password hash also requires the use of a large random, non-secret...
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weakness of HMAC in password-hashing scenarios: it has been demonstrated that it's possible to find a long ASCII string and a random value whose hash will...
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Pseudorandom function family (redirect from Pseudo-random function)
with pseudorandom generators (PRGs). The guarantee of a PRG is that a single output appears random if the input was chosen at random. On the other hand...
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was used to generate keys, something that relies on an effective random number generator, and that there are no defects in the algorithm or its implementation...
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translations available for download. Automatic clipboard erase & random password generator for work teams. Ability to disable users when they have left the...
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challenge-response protocol is password authentication, where the challenge is asking for the password and the valid response is the correct password. An adversary who...
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software features a built-in password generator that generates random passwords. The user may also designate parameters for password generation (length, character...
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iterations salt: array of Bytes (16 bytes) random salt password: array of Bytes (1..72 bytes) UTF-8 encoded password Output: hash: array of Bytes (24 bytes)...
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SPEKE (redirect from Simple Password Exponential Key Exchange)
generator g is created from a hash of the password. Here is one simple form of SPEKE: Alice and Bob agree to use an appropriately large and randomly selected...
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PBKDF2 (category Password authentication)
when using HMAC as its pseudo-random function. It is possible to trivially construct any number of different password pairs with collisions within each...
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secure as any other generator of the same group. If Alice and Bob use random number generators whose outputs are not completely random and can be predicted...
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cracking password hashes. Passwords are typically stored not in plain text form, but as hash values. If such a database of hashed passwords falls into...
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one-time passwords (OTPs) to authorize financial transactions. TANs are a second layer of security above and beyond the traditional single-password authentication...
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server-side password authentication. If password hashes are stored on a single server, a breach in the server would result in all the password hashes being...
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