Strong Password Generator for Chrome

noreply@blogger.com (SysOp) — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 17:16:00 +0000

Add this chrome extension and it will add a little icon to your chrome icon bar.

Now you have easy one-click access to a strong password when you apply for a new account.

Why do I need a Strong Password?

A strong password consists of at least six characters including a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols.

Think of all those never-ending array of new services that require a secure password (e-mail, online banking, credit cards, social networking, and e-commerce websites, etc.)

You absolutely need to create random passwords that are highly secure and extremely difficult to crack or guess, that is difficult to detect by humans and computer programs.

Using numbers, symbols and mixed-case letters in your password increases the difficulty of guessing or cracking your password.

26^8 possible permutations for an 8-character password that uses just lowercase letters
94^8 possible permutations for an 8-character password that uses a combination of mixed-case letters, numbers, and symbols.
There are over 6 quadrillion more possible variations for the mixed password
Brute-force attacks can be mitigated by increasing the character length

Use a password with a mix of letters, numbers, and symbols

The Storing of Keys

There are a bunch of ways to go about saving or storing all these new gibberish looking passwords. I recommend using a well-known password manager such as KeePass, it's freeware and runs on basically every platform.

Passwords floating around in your head, and one hundred sticky notes...

just stick with the paper-based Internet Password Organizer password management system.

The Encryption Algorithm Used

The code to generate the passwords is not simple though.

It is based on L'Ecuyer's two-sequence generator and using a Bays-Durham shuffle (to guard against regularities), and the pseudo-random number is seeded from the time.

You can look at the Javascript code in action by viewing the XML source code.

References

If you are looking for instant gratification, hook your kindle up with: Internet Security: Cryptographic Principles, Algorithms and Protocols.

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Strong Password Generator for Chrome