Pwgen plug-in - Revision history

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			Discussion:<br>
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	== Description ==		== Description ==

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Description

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	But Microsoft provides the CryptoAPI in Windows, which we can use to collect crypto-grade entropy from the operating system. This plugin exports just one API call, which can be used to generate a password of arbitrary		But Microsoft provides the CryptoAPI in Windows, which we can use to collect crypto-grade entropy from the operating system. This plugin exports just one API call, which can be used to generate a password of arbitrary
	length (1 to 255 characters) using secure entropy provided to us by the OS.		length (1 to 255 characters) using secure entropy provided to us by the OS. We restrict the generated password to the 62-character set consisting of upper and lower-case alphanumerics.

	== Usage of plugin ==		== Usage of plugin ==

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Cventers: Created page with '{{PageAuthor|Cventers}} ''Pwgen Plugin by Chase Venters, Public Domain'' == Links == Download v0.01:
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''Pwgen Plugin by Chase Venters, Public Domain''

== Links ==

Download v0.01:<br>
<attach>pwgen-001.zip</attach>
ZIP contains binary, source, documentation, example

== Description ==

The random number facilities already available for NSIS do not generate good entropy. If these facilities are used to generate passwords (as an installer might do when setting up a user account to run a service), the passwords they generate will be very predictable.

But Microsoft provides the CryptoAPI in Windows, which we can use to collect crypto-grade entropy from the operating system. This plugin exports just one API call, which can be used to generate a password of arbitrary
length (1 to 255 characters) using secure entropy provided to us by the OS.

== Usage of plugin ==

<highlight-nsis>
pwgen::GeneratePassword 10
Pop $0
MessageBox MB_OK "Random password: $0"
</highlight-nsis>

== Credits ==
*Written by [[User:Cventers|Chase Venters]]
*last edited 10/09/2009

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Pwgen plug-in - Revision history

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Cventers at 18:10, 9 October 2009

Cventers: Created page with '{{PageAuthor|Cventers}} ''Pwgen Plugin by Chase Venters, Public Domain'' == Links == Download v0.01: pwgen-001.zip ZIP contains binary, source, documentat…'

Cventers: Created page with '{{PageAuthor|Cventers}} ''Pwgen Plugin by Chase Venters, Public Domain'' == Links == Download v0.01:
pwgen-001.zip ZIP contains binary, source, documentat…'