Password utilities in Win2K - GINA??
From: Russ (rwsinclair@mcpmail.com)
Date: 11/14/02
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From: "Russ" <rwsinclair@mcpmail.com> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:48:49 -0800
If you enter "random password generator" in google, you'll
get a lot of hits. I'll let you sort through them.
Of course, someone else may have a specific
recommendation...
>-----Original Message-----
>If anyone remembers the old days of mainframes and DEC,
you might
>recall that when it came time to change your password you
would type:
>
>passwd
>
>and the system would respond with 5 or 6 choices
generated by it's
>random password routine. You could then select one of
the generated
>passwords, enter your own password, or ask it to generate
5-6 more
>for you to choose from.
>
>I am looking for any sort of third party / Microsoft /
whatever
>software that will accomplish the same sort of thing for
Windows 2000
>and NT4 workstations.
>
>E.g.: When Ctrl-Alt-Del\Change Password... is enacted, or
when the
>automatic "Your password is expired" flag causes the
Change Password
>tool to run, that it either adds a button or a window to
show the
>same sort of random generated passwords for the user to
select from.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>- Ed
>.
>
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