///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// SAMPLE: Generates random password, which complies with the strong password
// rules and does not contain ambiguous characters.
//
// To run this sample, create a new Visual C# project using the Console
// Application template and replace the contents of the Class1.cs file with
// the code below.
//
// THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
// EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED
// WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
//
// Copyright (C) 2004 Obviex(TM). All rights reserved.
//
using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
/// <summary>
/// This class can generate random passwords, which do not include ambiguous
/// characters, such as I, l, and 1. The generated password will be made of
/// 7-bit ASCII symbols. Every four characters will include one lower case
/// character, one upper case character, one number, and one special symbol
/// (such as '%') in a random order. The password will always start with an
/// alpha-numeric character; it will not start with a special symbol (we do
/// this because some back-end systems do not like certain special
/// characters in the first position).
/// </summary>
public class RandomPassword
{
// Define default min and max password lengths.
private static int DEFAULT_MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH = 8;
private static int DEFAULT_MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH = 10;
// Define supported password characters divided into groups.
// You can add (or remove) characters to (from) these groups.
private static string PASSWORD_CHARS_LCASE = "abcdefgijkmnopqrstwxyz";
private static string PASSWORD_CHARS_UCASE = "ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTWXYZ";
private static string PASSWORD_CHARS_NUMERIC= "23456789";
private static string PASSWORD_CHARS_SPECIAL= "*$-+?_&=!%{}/";
/// <summary>
/// Generates a random password.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// Randomly generated password.
/// </returns>
/// <remarks>
/// The length of the generated password will be determined at
/// random. It will be no shorter than the minimum default and
/// no longer than maximum default.
/// </remarks>
public static string Generate()
{
return Generate(DEFAULT_MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH,
DEFAULT_MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH);
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates a random password of the exact length.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="length">
/// Exact password length.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// Randomly generated password.
/// </returns>
public static string Generate(int length)
{
return Generate(length, length);
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates a random password.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="minLength">
/// Minimum password length.
/// </param>
/// <param name="maxLength">
/// Maximum password length.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// Randomly generated password.
/// </returns>
/// <remarks>
/// The length of the generated password will be determined at
/// random and it will fall with the range determined by the
/// function parameters.
/// </remarks>
public static string Generate(int minLength,
int maxLength)
{
// Make sure that input parameters are valid.
if (minLength <= 0 || maxLength <= 0 || minLength > maxLength)
return null;
// Create a local array containing supported password characters
// grouped by types. You can remove character groups from this
// array, but doing so will weaken the password strength.
char[][] charGroups = new char[][]
{
PASSWORD_CHARS_LCASE.ToCharArray(),
PASSWORD_CHARS_UCASE.ToCharArray(),
PASSWORD_CHARS_NUMERIC.ToCharArray(),
PASSWORD_CHARS_SPECIAL.ToCharArray()
};
// Use this array to track the number of unused characters in each
// character group.
int[] charsLeftInGroup = new int[charGroups.Length];
// Initially, all characters in each group are not used.
for (int i=0; i<charsLeftInGroup.Length; i++)
charsLeftInGroup[i] = charGroups[i].Length;
// Use this array to track (iterate through) unused character groups.
int[] leftGroupsOrder = new int[charGroups.Length];
// Initially, all character groups are not used.
for (int i=0; i<leftGroupsOrder.Length; i++)
leftGroupsOrder[i] = i;
// Because we cannot use the default randomizer, which is based on the
// current time (it will produce the same "random" number within a
// second), we will use a random number generator to seed the
// randomizer.
// Use a 4-byte array to fill it with random bytes and convert it then
// to an integer value.
byte[] randomBytes = new byte[4];
// Generate 4 random bytes.
RNGCryptoServiceProvider rng = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();
rng.GetBytes(randomBytes);
// Convert 4 bytes into a 32-bit integer value.
int seed = BitConverter.ToInt32(randomBytes, 0);
// Now, this is real randomization.
Random random = new Random(seed);
// This array will hold password characters.
char[] password = null;
// Allocate appropriate memory for the password.
if (minLength < maxLength)
password = new char[random.Next(minLength, maxLength+1)];
else
password = new char[minLength];
// Index of the next character to be added to password.
int nextCharIdx;
// Index of the next character group to be processed.
int nextGroupIdx;
// Index which will be used to track not processed character groups.
int nextLeftGroupsOrderIdx;
// Index of the last non-processed character in a group.
int lastCharIdx;
// Index of the last non-processed group.
int lastLeftGroupsOrderIdx = leftGroupsOrder.Length - 1;
// Generate password characters one at a time.
for (int i=0; i<password.Length; i++)
{
// If only one character group remained unprocessed, process it;
// otherwise, pick a random character group from the unprocessed
// group list. To allow a special character to appear in the
// first position, increment the second parameter of the Next
// function call by one, i.e. lastLeftGroupsOrderIdx + 1.
if (lastLeftGroupsOrderIdx == 0)
nextLeftGroupsOrderIdx = 0;
else
nextLeftGroupsOrderIdx = random.Next(0,
lastLeftGroupsOrderIdx);
// Get the actual index of the character group, from which we will
// pick the next character.
nextGroupIdx = leftGroupsOrder[nextLeftGroupsOrderIdx];
// Get the index of the last unprocessed characters in this group.
lastCharIdx = charsLeftInGroup[nextGroupIdx] - 1;
// If only one unprocessed character is left, pick it; otherwise,
// get a random character from the unused character list.
if (lastCharIdx == 0)
nextCharIdx = 0;
else
nextCharIdx = random.Next(0, lastCharIdx+1);
// Add this character to the password.
password[i] = charGroups[nextGroupIdx][nextCharIdx];
// If we processed the last character in this group, start over.
if (lastCharIdx == 0)
charsLeftInGroup[nextGroupIdx] =
charGroups[nextGroupIdx].Length;
// There are more unprocessed characters left.
else
{
// Swap processed character with the last unprocessed character
// so that we don't pick it until we process all characters in
// this group.
if (lastCharIdx != nextCharIdx)
{
char temp = charGroups[nextGroupIdx][lastCharIdx];
charGroups[nextGroupIdx][lastCharIdx] =
charGroups[nextGroupIdx][nextCharIdx];
charGroups[nextGroupIdx][nextCharIdx] = temp;
}
// Decrement the number of unprocessed characters in
// this group.
charsLeftInGroup[nextGroupIdx]--;
}
// If we processed the last group, start all over.
if (lastLeftGroupsOrderIdx == 0)
lastLeftGroupsOrderIdx = leftGroupsOrder.Length - 1;
// There are more unprocessed groups left.
else
{
// Swap processed group with the last unprocessed group
// so that we don't pick it until we process all groups.
if (lastLeftGroupsOrderIdx != nextLeftGroupsOrderIdx)
{
int temp = leftGroupsOrder[lastLeftGroupsOrderIdx];
leftGroupsOrder[lastLeftGroupsOrderIdx] =
leftGroupsOrder[nextLeftGroupsOrderIdx];
leftGroupsOrder[nextLeftGroupsOrderIdx] = temp;
}
// Decrement the number of unprocessed groups.
lastLeftGroupsOrderIdx--;
}
}
// Convert password characters into a string and return the result.
return new string(password);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Illustrates the use of the RandomPassword class.
/// </summary>
public class RandomPasswordTest
{
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Print 100 randomly generated passwords (8-to-10 char long).
for (int i=0; i<100; i++)
Console.WriteLine(RandomPassword.Generate(8, 10));
}
}
//
// END OF FILE
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
public string CreatePassword(int length)
{
const string valid = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890";
StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
Random rnd = new Random();
while (0 < length--)
{
res.Append(valid[rnd.Next(valid.Length)]);
}
return res.ToString();
}
string[] words = { 'bur', 'ler', 'meh', 'ree' };
string word = "";
Random rnd = new Random();
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
word += words[rnd.Next(words.length)]
int numbCount = rnd.Next(4);
for (i = 0; i < numbCount; i++)
word += (2 + rnd.Next(7)).ToString();
return word;
public static string GeneratePassword(int Length, int NonAlphaNumericChars)
{
string allowedChars = "abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
string allowedNonAlphaNum = "!@#$%^&*()_-+=[{]};:<>|./?";
Random rd = new Random();
if (NonAlphaNumericChars > Length || Length <= 0 || NonAlphaNumericChars < 0)
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException();
char[] pass = new char[Length];
int[] pos = new int[Length];
int i = 0, j = 0, temp = 0;
bool flag = false;
//Random the position values of the pos array for the string Pass
while (i < Length - 1)
{
j = 0;
flag = false;
temp = rd.Next(0, Length);
for (j = 0; j < Length; j++)
if (temp == pos[j])
{
flag = true;
j = Length;
}
if (!flag)
{
pos[i] = temp;
i++;
}
}
//Random the AlphaNumericChars
for (i = 0; i < Length - NonAlphaNumericChars; i++)
pass[i] = allowedChars[rd.Next(0, allowedChars.Length)];
//Random the NonAlphaNumericChars
for (i = Length - NonAlphaNumericChars; i < Length; i++)
pass[i] = allowedNonAlphaNum[rd.Next(0, allowedNonAlphaNum.Length)];
//Set the sorted array values by the pos array for the rigth posistion
char[] sorted = new char[Length];
for (i = 0; i < Length; i++)
sorted[i] = pass[pos[i]];
string Pass = new String(sorted);
return Pass;
}
using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
public static string GetRandomAlphanumericString(int length)
{
const string alphanumericCharacters =
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" +
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" +
"0123456789";
return GetRandomString(length, alphanumericCharacters);
}
public static string GetRandomString(int length, IEnumerable<char> characterSet)
{
if (length < 0)
throw new ArgumentException("length must not be negative", "length");
if (length > int.MaxValue / 8) // 250 million chars ought to be enough for anybody
throw new ArgumentException("length is too big", "length");
if (characterSet == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("characterSet");
var characterArray = characterSet.Distinct().ToArray();
if (characterArray.Length == 0)
throw new ArgumentException("characterSet must not be empty", "characterSet");
var bytes = new byte[length * 8];
new RNGCryptoServiceProvider().GetBytes(bytes);
var result = new char[length];
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
{
ulong value = BitConverter.ToUInt64(bytes, i * 8);
result[i] = characterArray[value % (uint)characterArray.Length];
}
return new string(result);
}
public static string GenerateRandomCode(int length)
{
Random rdm = new Random();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for(int i = 0; i < length; i++)
sb.Append(Convert.ToChar(rdm.Next(101,132)));
return sb.ToString();
}
//Symb array
private const string _SymbolsAll = "~`!@#$%^&*()_+=-\\|[{]}'\";:/?.>,<";
//Random symb
public string GetSymbol(int Length)
{
Random Rand = new Random(DateTime.Now.Millisecond);
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < Length; i++)
result.Append(_SymbolsAll[Rand.Next(0, _SymbolsAll.Length)]);
return result.ToString();
}
public static string GeneratePassword(int passLength) {
var chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz@#$&ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
var random = new Random();
var result = new string(
Enumerable.Repeat(chars, passLength)
.Select(s => s[random.Next(s.Length)])
.ToArray());
return result;
}
public static class PasswordGenerator
{
private readonly static Random _rand = new Random();
public static string Generate(int length = 24)
{
const string lower = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
const string upper = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
const string number = "1234567890";
const string special = "!@#$%^&*_-=+";
// Get cryptographically random sequence of bytes
var bytes = new byte[length];
new RNGCryptoServiceProvider().GetBytes(bytes);
// Build up a string using random bytes and character classes
var res = new StringBuilder();
foreach(byte b in bytes)
{
// Randomly select a character class for each byte
switch (_rand.Next(4))
{
// In each case use mod to project byte b to the correct range
case 0:
res.Append(lower[b % lower.Count()]);
break;
case 1:
res.Append(upper[b % upper.Count()]);
break;
case 2:
res.Append(number[b % number.Count()]);
break;
case 3:
res.Append(special[b % special.Count()]);
break;
}
}
return res.ToString();
}
}