C# Create Random Password with select set of available characters
Post date: Aug 27, 2009 5:34:46 PM
public static string CreateRandomPassword(int PasswordLength)
{
String _allowedChars = "abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789";
Byte[] randomBytes = new Byte[PasswordLength];
RNGCryptoServiceProvider rng = new RNGCryptoServiceProvider();
rng.GetBytes(randomBytes);
char[] chars = new char[PasswordLength];
int allowedCharCount = _allowedChars.Length;
for(int i = 0;i<PasswordLength;i++)
{
chars[i] = _allowedChars[(int)randomBytes[i] % allowedCharCount];
}
return new string(chars);
}
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