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Random Password Generation

This option lets you select random password generation so that it might be selected for use through the RNDPW suboption of the FACILITY control option for any selected facility. The random password feature is often used in environments where it is important that passwords are not easily guessed.

Drawbacks to this feature are:

• When generated, the random password is displayed on the user's screen and might be viewed if the terminal screen is not protected from casual viewing.
• Randomly generated password are not easily memorized. A user might write it down and compromise security.

CA recommends that if you use the random password feature, password masking be used to create a password that is potentially pronounceable. This helps the user to remember the password without writing it down.