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In this step-by-step guide, you’ll learn generate random passwords.
How to: Generate Random Passwords
Sometimes one of the issues I have is coming up with Random Passwords. It takes time to play around with the keyboard and although just hitting random keys seems easy I struggle with that. This is specially true when you are trying to set passwords for a long list of users. There is a tool/utility on the web that generates random passwords for you. I would advise you access the website using (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security “Transport Layer Security”) ((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Secure “HTTP Secure”)) to secure the communication and then the list of passwords you obtain change some characters here and there for added security plus add some (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_characters “Special characters”) if the target system supports them. Below is the link you can use. I have pre-configured it so that it uses SSL, generates 100 random passwords of length 24 to have strong protection:
(https://www.random.org/passwords/?num=100&len=24&format=html&rnd=new)
Summary
You’ve successfully learned generate random passwords. If you run into any issues, double-check the prerequisites and ensure your Web Sites environment is properly configured.