Module com.aoindustries.aoserv.client

Package com.aoindustries.aoserv.client.password

Class PasswordGenerator

java.lang.Object

com.aoindustries.aoserv.client.password.PasswordGenerator

public final class PasswordGenerator
extends Object

Generates easily remembered random passwords of at least 38 bits of entropy.

Author:

AO Industries, Inc.

See Also:

• Stronger, but less memorable, passwords may be generated from SmallIdentifiers. They are eleven characters long with an unambiguous character set.
• And even stronger passwords may be generated from Identifiers. These are twenty-two characters long with an unambiguous character set.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	generatePassword()	Generates a password using a default SecureRandom instance, which is not a strong instance to avoid blocking.
static String	generatePassword(SecureRandom secureRandom)	Generates a password using the provided SecureRandom source.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

generatePassword

public static String generatePassword()
                               throws IOException

Generates a password using a default SecureRandom instance, which is not a strong instance to avoid blocking.

Throws:

IOException

generatePassword

public static String generatePassword(SecureRandom secureRandom)
                               throws IOException

Generates a password using the provided SecureRandom source.

Throws:

IOException