Create strong, but easy to remember password

read -s pass; echo $pass | md5sum | base64 | cut -c -16

Why remember? Generate! Up to 48 chars, works on any unix-like system (NB: BSD use md5 instead of md5sum)

Sample Output

YzFj3mM1YzAjNJQ2

By: bugmenot

2011-11-24 20:23:47

cut echo md5sum read password md5 base64 passphrase

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What Others Think

Indeed! Now just create a browser extension to provide this feature transparently for users :-)

unixmonkey4200 · 617 weeks and 1 day ago

@ unixmonkey4200: This is already done. https://www.pwdhash.com/ Or as a bookmarklet: https://cynix.org/tools/superpwdhash

michelsberg · 617 weeks and 1 day ago

You should "unset pass" at the end of the commandline. This will remove the cedential from the environment.

f4m8 · 617 weeks and 1 day ago

echo -n "$pass" !!!

bandie91 · 617 weeks ago

Easy to remember how?

Strawp · 616 weeks and 4 days ago

@Strawp I believe the idea is to enter your "easy to remember" password after having entered the command. After hitting enter again, you will be given the "strong password" that should actually be put into use. So, you will need to use this to retrieve the "strong password" every time you wish to log in... or memorize it :-)

tshack · 616 weeks and 4 days ago

http://xkcd.com/936/ nuf said

kaji · 611 weeks and 1 day ago

@kaji in an idea world yes, unfortunately in the real world systems do stupid things like forbid spaces and limit your password length to only a handful of characters, in which case this makes for as strong a password as you can manage, though it still doesn't have a way to handle "special requirements" like "must include numbers/upper/lower/special characters".

kevingranade · 611 weeks and 1 day ago

I like this approach. Very elegant. However, https://passwordcard.org provides strong passwords, and all you need to remember is starting location, direction and length of the password. Regardless, this is sexy.

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What do you think?

Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?

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