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SecurePassword Generator 0.5



What is SecurePassword Generator?

SecurePassword Generator provides a dialog that you can use to create secure passwords. It's completely customizable, allowing you to create passwords with number, letters and/or other characters.

Using the SecurePassword Generator
  1. Click Tools > SecurePassword Generator, or click on the SecurePassword toolbar element (Firefox only, see below) to open the dialog.
  2. Click the 'Create' button to gerate the password.
  3. To customize the passwords generated, click the 'Characters' tab (see below for more details)
  4. After you're finished in the 'Characters' tab you can go back to 'Create' and generate a new password.

Accessing the generator in Firefox

You can access the extension from the Tools menu (Tools > SecurePassword Generator) or from the Toolbar Element. Follow these steps to add the TinyUrl Creator icon to your toolbar:

  1. Click, View > Toolbars > Customize...
  2. Find the SecurePassword icon/text from the palatte.
  3. Drag it onto your browser's toolbar area


Accessing the generator in Mozilla

You can access the extension from the Tools menu (Tools > SecurePassword Generator)

Mnemonic Passwords

When you click "Make mnemonic" on the create tab, it will create a password that is easy to remember. A Mnemonic password is a random string of text that looks and feels like a real word because of the placement of vowels and consonants; this it makes it much easier to remember.

Setting Hands

On the create tab you can select which hand you want the password to be built for. If you select "Left hand" it will produce a password that is restricted to only left hand characters on the standard english QWERTY keyboard.

Character Options

Click on the "Characters" tab to set options on the characters used in your password.

Character Weight

Character weight is how often a character from that set is used in the password. If you set Numbers to have a higher weight than Letters, the password would use more numbers than letter.



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Version History
v 0.5
09/12/2004
Added support for Firefox 1.0
v 0.4
6/28/2004
Added support for Firefox 0.9
Added mnemonic feature
Added hand selection feature
Fixed preference save bug.
v 0.3
5/2/2004
Added support for Mozilla
Added menu item to the Tools menu
Added auto-upgrade notification
v 0.2
4/12/2004
Added "Copy to Clipboard" button
Made dialog non-modal
v 0.1
3/13/2004
Initial Release. Supports basic functionality.


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