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OpenSSL - Generate Psuedo Random Passwords
Published: 26-07-2013 | Author: Remy van Elst | Text only version of this article
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This a snippet to generate a psuedo random password fast via the command line with OpenSSL. It generates a number of random bytes, which can either be output raw, as Base64 or as HEX. The Base64 output is a good password most of the time.
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# Base64
openssl rand -base64 NUMBER
# HEX
openssl rand -hex NUMBER
Examples:
openssl rand -base64 48
aqnZUEcnnkQVGaNmKOFBGlx+TScS5WCNaOlNEvTkluw0//g14ZOwTsjBkaDSYSq6
openssl rand -base64 10
c7UxZgREfmN+bQ==
openssl rand -hex 48
8eb0d5eb8a45e4a4ac60b284d317383e91c9d372e3b67b154155c0a1b183c5deb2e5d6dceb6366704828c494951925d5
openssl rand -hex 8
feedfacedeadbeef