pads1pass hint

One problem people have had with the pads1pass command's output is confusion between "O" and "0" (upper case "o" and zero) and between "l" and "1" (lower case "L" and one).

All of the randomly generated passwords fit a pattern.

position  type
in        of
password  character
--------  ---------
   1      uppercase alphabetic
   2      numeral 0-9
   3      punctuation mark
   4      alphabetic (either case)
   5      alphabetic (either case)
   6      alphabetic (either case)
   7      numeral 0-9
   8      lowercase alphabetic

Check to make sure that the password you write down upon running pads1pass fits this pattern.

This file last updated on 1999.05.28 (Friday) 17:32:59 EDT by George J Perkins (E-mail: perkins@pa.msu.edu)