jasonc Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I have been looking around but only find secured PDF files with 1000's of names in them. Does anyone know of any sites where i can get a large file of names I can use to allow me to generate random passwords for my users. wanting to place this obviously in a mysql database. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Why can't you just do this in mysql? Then it will be truly random. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonc Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 yep thats what i want to do, but need a large list of names first ! ;-) any ideas of a site that allows the recycling of their pages so i can grab the list, as most of the sites i found last week are PDF files but protected ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Why not make your own list? I'm confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonc Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 i would but that would take months typing or copying and pasting every name in to a DB. thats why i hoped someone would either already have one or could direct me to a list i can export and import in to my DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 i would but that would take months typing or copying and pasting every name in to a DB. Why? Just run a single function for each perison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonc Posted October 2, 2008 Author Share Posted October 2, 2008 might have crossed wires here... i am wanting to use these names to generate a random password for their login, i.e. johnjames or samanthapeter and need a large list of name that i can place in a mysql DB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 You are approaching this the wrong way. Just generate a random alphanumeric string with a minimum length or let a person make up their own password and then test it to make sure it is "strong" (minimum length, mix of alphanumeric characters, mix of upper/lower case characters.) The days of preassigned passwords consisting of actual names/words is gone because it lends itself to dictionary brute force attacks. No one still does it this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonc Posted October 2, 2008 Author Share Posted October 2, 2008 no one but me and my mate who wants it that way ! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFMaBiSmAd Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 You started this thread about 15 days ago, how close to that solution have you gotten? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonc Posted October 2, 2008 Author Share Posted October 2, 2008 apart from loads of people saying i ned to do something other than what i originally want to do. nothing all i would like is a large list of names, not words as such, but names, boys and girls names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Then I don't know how to help... sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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