https://jmorano.moretrix.com/2013/08/secure-password-generator-perl/ Ramblings of an old-fashioned space cowboy Wed, 20 Apr 2022 07:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://jmorano.moretrix.com/2013/08/secure-password-generator-perl/#comment-212648 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:23:46 +0000 http://jmorano.moretrix.com/?p=953#comment-212648 Uses a homebrown random function which in turn uses rand() which is not cryptographically secure. Are you a cryptographer? Why reinvent the wheel?
Why not use a known good function, one of those recommended in the documentation of the rand() function?
Alternatively, use /dev/urandom.

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