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SubjectRe: kernel security questions
In article <XFMail.980315231602.dave@nic.com> you wrote:
> - Can I use /dev/random to generate characters for passwords, or only to seed
> a password generator?

head -c 6 /dev/urandom | mmencode (requires metamail)
head -c 6 /dev/urandom | uuencode -m -

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