Password 1.4 build: 9205 released: 2008-04-03

Generates random passwords.

Copyright (c) 2008 Canadian Mind Products.

Java Applet (that can also be run as an application).
Download from http://mindprod.com/products1.html#PASSWORD

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in commercial programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/roedy.html#NONMILITARY
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labeled non-military use only.
All Java jars and source code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS,
(e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista/OSX/Linux/Solaris/Vista64/AIX...) so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.3 <><> or later installed.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application or Applet.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with WinZip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the "user folder names" option.

To run as an application,type:
java -jar J:\com\mindprod\password\password.jar parms

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.


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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application or Applet.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.


To run as an application, without parameters, just double click the jar file.

To run as an application with parameters, in bash shell type:
open Terminal.app
cd ~/Desktop
java -jar com/mindprod/password/password.jar parms

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.


I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test the programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary class and jar files, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar.
Configure basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:


Generates random passwords that are hard to guess.  It uses
a crytographic quality random number generator.

The passwords are generated locally in a Java Applet. They
are never transmitted over the Internet, even in encrypted
form.

You can use the program without installing it at
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/password.html You can also run it
as a standalone program, invoking it with

java com.mindprod.password.Password

or

password.jar

Why the key and *** logo? It symbolises locking, restricted
access and the way passwords are often replaced with **** as
you type them.

Version History

1.1 adds an about box, and a suggestion
to do a final manual tweak.

1.3 2007-05-12 increases the size of the type, and widens the borders.
It also adds an icon and a PAD file.

1.4 2008-04-03 add build to title, tidy code.