Thank you, I did not past the one I am using ;-)
The manual specified the leading digits, and put the rest as 'x', so I
assumed that I will get the exact leading digits and some other random
ones for the 'x'.
nice to know otherwise...
On 9/27/20 11:15 PM, seba.wag...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know exactly what you mean, but this is a random string.
Obviously if you re-generate it it will be a different one every time.
There is also no mandatory length. You could also just generate a 16
char long string and use that one, for example via:
openssl rand -hex 16
Or a 8 char long string:
openssl rand -hex 8
Doesn't make it more secure if you reduce length! And it's a shared
secret (like a cryptographic salt) - so don't post it online! :)
Thanks,
Seb
Sebastian Wagner
Director Arrakeen Solutions
http://arrakeen-solutions.co.nz/
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On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 00:10, Ali Alhaidary
<ali.alhaid...@the5stars.org <mailto:ali.alhaid...@the5stars.org>> wrote:
when I do:
sudo openssl rand -hex 32
I should get a password like:
751c45cae60a2839711a94c8d6bf0089e78b2149ca602fdXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
But instead, I get something like:
d26a4d6a72013192c7da2d86133db657ee1ace66e64e4fdXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Does this matter?
