Package: debian-handbook
Version: 10.20200619
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Tags: upstream
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Dear Maintainer,
In Chapter 4, Installation, page 60, there's a note suggesting the use
of password generators, and it suggests pwgen (as an example).
IMO, much better suggestions would be:
- makepasswd(1):
This one is much safer. In fact there is a bug report where
pwgen(1) is suggested to be replaced by a wrapper script around
makepasswd(1). It can also generate arbitrarily large passwords
very easily (I for example like 64-byte passwords, so I use
`makepasswd --chars 64`). This one is great for passwords to be
stored in password managers.
- goxkcdpwgen(1):
This one is great for boot passwords (and also for the password of
the pasword manager itself), since you need to remember it.
Thanks,
Alex
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