Re: kernel security questions

Pawel Krawczyk (kravietz@tau.ceti.com.pl)
Mon, 16 Mar 1998 15:24:26 +0100

In article <XFMail.980315231602.dave@nic.com> you wrote:
> - Can I use /dev/random to generate characters for passwords, or only to seed
> a password generator?

head -c 6 /dev/urandom | mmencode (requires metamail)
head -c 6 /dev/urandom | uuencode -m - 

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