Monthly Archives: September 2008

hex2passwd, a password generator

Posted on September 25, 2008 by swift

I know that repeatable password generators are less secure than random character generators. After all, if you want a strong password, you can simply perform head -c 8 /dev/urandom | mimencode to obtain a nice, random password string. However, in … Continue reading →

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Adding exercises and resources

Posted on September 15, 2008 by swift

As stated earlier, I’m now focusing on the existing content of my (work-in-progress) ebook called Linux Sea (PDF, HTML). I’m going to add more text where appropriate, add exercises to each chapter as well as references to online resources. When … Continue reading →

Posted in Gentoo | 2 Comments