Re: Password Generator
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Brian, Hey, thanks agin for this code consolidation/upgrade. I have put it in production use with SearchBoise.com and it works like a dream. I even did as you suggested and edited the [tChars] string (removed stuff that confuses most people like 0 and O, as well as 1 and l, etc.), then I added capital letters as well. Very cool, and besides being useful, it also opened my eyes to a technique I had not considered yet (but should have), which is putting the stuff I need in a big text string variable and then using [getchars] to retrieve what I need, when I need it. Another thing, I can *definitely* see this being useful for generating unique session variables by extending the [tPasswordLength] variable to, oh, say, 32... but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it :) Thanks again. -Dan ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com http://www.SearchBoise.com ------------------------------------------------------------ On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:48:04 -0800 Brian Fries
wrote: >Good example, if a little verbose. Try this code which does the same thing but a bit more >efficienly: > >[text]tPasswordLength=8[/text] >[text]tChars=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz01234567890123456789[/text] >[text]tMax=[countchars][tChars][/countchars][/text] >[text]tPass=[/text] >[loop start=1&end=[tPasswordLength]] > [text]tX=[math]ceil([random format=float]*[tMax])[/math][/text] > [text]tPass=[tPass][getchars start=[tX]&end=[tX]][tChars][/getchars][/text] >[/loop] >[tPass]
> > >Note that to add characters - punctuation, capital letters - or to adjust the odds of certain >characters being selected, simply add more characters to the "tChars" string and the rest of the >code will take care of itself. > >- brian > >On Jan 24, 2004, at 10:50 AM, Dan Strong wrote: > >>[!] -- PASSWORD-GENERATOR, created by Dan "I ain't 'fraid of no loop" >>Strong, 2004. FREEWARE. --[/!] >> >>[text show=f]how_many_characters=8[/text] >> >>[loop start=1&end=[how_many_characters]] >> [math show=f]HEADS_OR_TAILS=ceil([RANDOM format=float]*(2))[/math] >> [showif [HEADS_OR_TAILS]=1][text >>show=f]character_type=NUMBER[/text][/showif] >> [showif [HEADS_OR_TAILS]=2][text >>show=f]character_type=LETTER[/text][/showif] >> [showif [character_type]=NUMBER] >> [math show=f]DIGIT_[index]=ceil([RANDOM format=float]*(9))[/math] >> [/showif] >> >> [showif [character_type]=LETTER] >> [math show=f]ALPHABET=ceil([RANDOM format=float]*(26))[/math] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=1][text >>show=f]DIGIT_[index]=a[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=2][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=b[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=3][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=c[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=4][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=d[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=5][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=e[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=6][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=f[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=7][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=g[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=8][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=h[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=9][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=i[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=10][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=j[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=11][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=k[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=12][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=l[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=13][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=m[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=14][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=n[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=15][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=o[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=16][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=p[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=17][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=q[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=18][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=r[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=19][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=s[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=20][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=t[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=21][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=u[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=22][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=v[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=23][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=w[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=24][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=x[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=25][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=y[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=26][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=z[/text][/showif] >> [/showif] >> [text >>show=f]DIGIT_[index]=[interpret][DIGIT_[index]][/interpret][/text] >>[/loop] >> >>[loop >>start=1&end=[how_many_characters]][interpret][DIGIT_[index]][/ >>interpret][/loop]
>> >-- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.com > -- > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Brian, Hey, thanks agin for this code consolidation/upgrade. I have put it in production use with SearchBoise.com and it works like a dream. I even did as you suggested and edited the [tChars] string (removed stuff that confuses most people like 0 and O, as well as 1 and l, etc.), then I added capital letters as well. Very cool, and besides being useful, it also opened my eyes to a technique I had not considered yet (but should have), which is putting the stuff I need in a big text string variable and then using [getchars] to retrieve what I need, when I need it. Another thing, I can *definitely* see this being useful for generating unique session variables by extending the [tPasswordLength] variable to, oh, say, 32... but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it :) Thanks again. -Dan ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.StrongGraphicDesign.com http://www.SearchBoise.com ------------------------------------------------------------ On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:48:04 -0800 Brian Fries wrote: >Good example, if a little verbose. Try this code which does the same thing but a bit more >efficienly: > >[text]tPasswordLength=8[/text] >[text]tChars=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz01234567890123456789[/text] >[text]tMax=[countchars][tChars][/countchars][/text] >[text]tPass=[/text] >[loop start=1&end=[tPasswordLength]] > [text]tX=[math]ceil([random format=float]*[tMax])[/math][/text] > [text]tPass=[tPass][getchars start=[tX]&end=[tX]][tChars][/getchars][/text] >[/loop] >[tPass]
> > >Note that to add characters - punctuation, capital letters - or to adjust the odds of certain >characters being selected, simply add more characters to the "tChars" string and the rest of the >code will take care of itself. > >- brian > >On Jan 24, 2004, at 10:50 AM, Dan Strong wrote: > >>[!] -- PASSWORD-GENERATOR, created by Dan "I ain't 'fraid of no loop" >>Strong, 2004. FREEWARE. --[/!] >> >>[text show=f]how_many_characters=8[/text] >> >>[loop start=1&end=[how_many_characters]] >> [math show=f]HEADS_OR_TAILS=ceil([RANDOM format=float]*(2))[/math] >> [showif [HEADS_OR_TAILS]=1][text >>show=f]character_type=NUMBER[/text][/showif] >> [showif [HEADS_OR_TAILS]=2][text >>show=f]character_type=LETTER[/text][/showif] >> [showif [character_type]=NUMBER] >> [math show=f]DIGIT_[index]=ceil([RANDOM format=float]*(9))[/math] >> [/showif] >> >> [showif [character_type]=LETTER] >> [math show=f]ALPHABET=ceil([RANDOM format=float]*(26))[/math] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=1][text >>show=f]DIGIT_[index]=a[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=2][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=b[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=3][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=c[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=4][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=d[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=5][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=e[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=6][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=f[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=7][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=g[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=8][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=h[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=9][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=i[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=10][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=j[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=11][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=k[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=12][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=l[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=13][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=m[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=14][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=n[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=15][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=o[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=16][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=p[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=17][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=q[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=18][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=r[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=19][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=s[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=20][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=t[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=21][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=u[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=22][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=v[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=23][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=w[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=24][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=x[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=25][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=y[/text][/showif] >> [showif [ALPHABET]=26][text show=f]DIGIT_[index]=z[/text][/showif] >> [/showif] >> [text >>show=f]DIGIT_[index]=[interpret][DIGIT_[index]][/interpret][/text] >>[/loop] >> >>[loop >>start=1&end=[how_many_characters]][interpret][DIGIT_[index]][/ >>interpret][/loop]
>> >-- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.com > -- > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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