Password generator

[GoogleCodeExporter]

A password generator menu could be very useful to have very secure
passwords.
Possible options:
- length,
- special characters (checkbox for 1-9;a-z;A-Z;...).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by roge...@gmail.com on 8 Apr 2009 at 3:36

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When editing a secret, a new menu item is available called "Generate".  This 
will
generate a secure password and set it in the "Password/PIN" field.  The 
password will
contain a random 8-character sequence of letters (both upper case and lower 
case),
digits, and punctuation.

Original comment by roge...@gmail.com on 5 May 2009 at 2:37

• Changed state: Fixed

[GoogleCodeExporter]

It would be nice to be have an option (an intermediary step after choosing the 
"Generate" menu item) to choose the character length and set of characters used 
for 
random passwords:
- Simple = [a-z]
- Letters = [a-zA-Z]
- Letters & digits = [a-zA-Z0-9]
- Digits = [0-9]
- Complex = [a-zA-Z0-9.!\*]

As you can tell, I consider your choice of randomly generated password a 
complex one. 
;-)
In majority of cases, it's both nice and good enough to have a password that 
can also 
be remembered.

Original comment by shonzi...@gmail.com on 13 May 2009 at 1:13

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In order to keep things simple, I don't plan on implementing options for this 
feature.  
However, a more "clever" algorithm to generate equally random, yet possibly 
more easily 
remembered, passwords is certainly possible.  Would you like to contribute some 
code?

Original comment by roge...@gmail.com on 14 May 2009 at 3:13

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I have a Java app for generating memorable passwords.  You should be able to 
port it
to the Android environment:

http://www.curtiscopley.net/articles/passphrase/

Original comment by curtisco...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2009 at 2:29

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Thanks Curtis, I'll take a look.  I didn't see a license attached to your code, 
so 
just want to double check with you that:

1. this is all your original code
2. that it is compatible with the Apache 2.0 licensed used by secrets

Original comment by roge...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2009 at 3:22