Try it out (no data is sent or recorded - honest!). You can also use it on your mobile devices too (or even off-line if you save the html source file somewhere handy).ĭo you use the same password for several sites? Well, use this generator and you can still use just the same password (as a 'master password') but it will generate a unique, strong password for each different site.Īs I could never remember the URL for Nic's site, I simply copied and modified his code and added it to a page on my easy2boot site here. It is not as convenient as using a proper password manager (no auto-fill, syncing, etc.) but it is free and you are in control and there are no management/sync/security issues.
The mechanism is simple and secure (as no password data is passed across the web). A few years ago I was looking for a 'hash' algorithm which would create a strong password from a master password 'salt' and another unique 'character string', when I found Nic Wolff at this site had already done it! What we need to do is generate a 'long and strong' password, that is not easily subject to a 'dictionary attack', for each site we use - but make it easily 'recall-able/remember-able'. Keeping your entire password database on a mobile phone is not the most secure of scenarios either! Also, you have to ensure that the database, which may be kept on various 'local disks', are all synchronised. at work or in a cyber cafe or at another office). If you use a local database, you have to store it somewhere in the cloud so you can access it when you are away from your own systems (e.g. If cloud based, do you trust the security of the central server or for that matter, the source of the WiFi hot-spot that you happen to be connected to whilst in StarBucks or your hotel? Also, the apps tend not to be free. See here for a recent review from PC Pro (Jan 2014) of some of the best choices available. Do you use a password manager? It seems to me there is no perfect solution, whether cloud-based like LastPass or locally-based like KeePass.
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