PasswordMapGenerator
From Air0Day Software
Password Map Generator is a tool that generates password maps, which can be used in conjunction with corporate password change policies.
About
Many companies have mandatory password change policies. This means that users much change their password every month or every two months, in an attempt to keep the network secure. The problem is that it forces users to either pick memorable passwords (which are generally less secure) or write their passwords down.
Password Maps allow you to use secure passwords for your company without forcing you to write them down on sticky notes near your desk. This program generates password maps.
How It Works
Password Maps are simple. You first pick a password that you can remember. It should be something difficult to crack, but for illustration we will pick "rod". This is the password you memorize.
Then you print out a number of password maps, which look like this:
[a hP] [j A5] [s kg] [1 oP] [b k4] [k 5k] [t 9G] [2 Kt] [c ri] [l xd] [u DU] [3 n9] [d gf] [m aA] [v H3] [4 55] [e Dz] [n ut] [w 2b] [5 ak] [f FD] [o GM] [x UG] [6 LR] [g yr] [p FV] [y L3] [7 m@] [h rz] [q zS] [z Ay] [8 vU] [i RX] [r CM] [0 wK] [9 sC]
Then you use the mapping to come up with the password you actually set with the system. Since 'r' maps to 'CM', 'o' maps to 'GM', and 'd' maps to 'k4', the password we set with the system will be 'CMGMk4'.
If we need to change our company password, we simply generate a new map while still remembering the password 'rod'.
One surprising aspect of this system is that you wind up learning your system password by muscle memory, largely because each mapping is in pairs. After a day of use, I'd always be able to type my system password without consulting the map.
I liked to print 20 of these maps on a sheet and post the sheet in my cubicle. When I needed to change passwords, I'd just move to a different mapping on the sheet.
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License: GPL
