This page simply generates a set of mnemonic passwords. It uses the mnencode program to generate passwords from a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (/dev/urandom) 

head -c48 /dev/urandom | /opt/edoceo/bin/mnencode 2>/dev/null
parent-comet-temple
freedom-campus-gabriel
papa-flex-neon
beatles-panel-speech
mobile-import-video
freddie-student-shallow
little-respond-vega
ringo-florida-nominal
switch-null-violin
float-caviar-visible
nina-conduct-vital
honey-august-compare

Why Mnemonic Passwords

These passwords are signifigant in random-ness (one in four billion) and are easy to remember. They are much longer that typical passwords which can block many brute force attempts. They are not in the list of the 500 worst passwords ever.

These passwords are much easier to describe to someone over the phone or other voice channel. Compare: "Type in mega dash lunar dash cola for the password, all lower case" vs "Type in upper bee zero one exclamation point, yes that one, caret, yes the one on the six, upper double-you upper tee plus symbol nine." The former is much easier than the latter.

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