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Re: sync root passwords?



On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Pigeon wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 07:58:19PM -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> > Take the canonical, one-password case, and give me a reasonably good
> > password, say one generated from the phrase "I Procrastinate On Grading
> > Papers By Debating Debian!":
> > 
> > I!engsygN
> > 
> > (whoever finds the phrase->password algorithm can stay after class to
> > clean the erasers)
> 
> First character, last character, last characters of all words but the
> first; capitalise (?flip case of) the very last character?

Actually a little simpler: last character of all words, capitalize
characters for proper nouns/pronouns, punctuate in second spot.

> 
> Would it differ for the phrase "Indefinitely Procrastinate On Grading
> Papers By Debating Debian!"? Would that give you "I!yengsygN"?
> 

That would therefore make y!engsygD

> $ cd eraser
> $ make clean
> $
> 

cute....

ap

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Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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