I wrote a small cpp application to generate randomish passwords. It compiles and runs OK on OpenBSD, however, it does not seem to create random strings (the first and last chars seldom ever change, etc). The same code compiles and runs on Linux and Windows and *does* produce randomish strings (no often repeating chars). The source code is small and is contained in a single file. I placed it here along with binaries for OpenBSD and Windows:
http://16systems.com/downloads I could be doing something wrong. I've checked the source code several times but nothing obvious stands out. I'll try a gcc compiler from ports tomorrow to see if that makes a difference. Until then, I thought I'd post to tech. Can anyone tell if I've made an error in the source code? Output from a current OpenBSD box (notice the first and last chars and how they seldom change) $ ./passgen-obsd 30 msTGrW7C d2TyHePk ViK8R6pU mJTQZnXL di38hwfL msbQh6Xk VJ3G9efU Ma38rEFu VJB8RwxC MsKGzNP4 5SBqrnPu M2ByzN7c MA3qRn74 d23Y9wXc V2tYRWPu dibqznFc maKgRNFc mJjqr674 MJbgHWxu m2jy9Wfc Va3yz67C DATQzWp4 vi3GzEf4 maKGHeXU 5aBgzwX4 M2byrN7c vStgHEpc d2bqhEFc MSbqHn74 d2B8z67u Output from a Windows box (No often repeating characters... seems much more random): c:\passgen.exe 30 Q9RvTAbT zkCKi5Bv yZqqJA7e 7SrN5qkH tA4QB2Hn cUjjxFty GzU2qYAr HX2yZdJs 2VJJrRjj WpfA3hah rYpNfrNt MKkNGxTu eHUauW2u 6EZRGUx7 JURbHdrk Cp7rKwN7 fXRFeJdg NrGHk8A9 vw33ubVk vAcFKh3t vWRtDL4n kf4YGmCZ GdUDJ4iK i52JWyb9 fpCVj5yQ HgEy4R3E uSkQZxXA z7zyL5Mp ESBmEv8d 4EvxqxiY P.S. I installed gcc-4.2 from ports today. It installed OK, but it complained about cc1plus not being found so would not compile the app. Brad
