- I'm Thomas Taylor.
- I'm an engineer and sometimes write software.
- My work is mostly for others, but I thought I'd share my Password Maker.
This is a simple application that makes random (or pseudorandom for the pedants) strings that one can use as passwords and in other spots where a random string is useful.
I updated it a bit recently to use in exploring various user interface options. This includes:
- The code runs entirely locally; it makes no web service calls. So all passwords are yours alone, with no chance for interception (well, at least over the Internet; I don't know about on your computer). Of course, use at your own risk.
- The only output mechanism is the clipboard.
- It is really just a 'fancy' wrapper on System.Security.Cryptography.RandomNumberGenerator.
- As shown in the screenshots, there are several options to control which characters to include, and you can save multiple sets of options.
The code has an MIT license and is here: Password Maker Repository.