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Strong password generator with C#
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public static class PasswordGenerator | |
{ | |
[Flags] | |
public enum PasswordGenerationOptions | |
{ | |
HasDigit = 0b0001, | |
HasLowerLetter = 0b0010, | |
HasUpperLetter = 0b0100, | |
HasSpecialChar = 0b1000, | |
All = 0b1111 | |
} | |
public static PasswordGenerationOptions LettersAndDigits = PasswordGenerationOptions.HasDigit | PasswordGenerationOptions.HasLowerLetter | PasswordGenerationOptions.HasUpperLetter; | |
public static PasswordGenerationOptions LettersAndSpecialChars = PasswordGenerationOptions.HasSpecialChar | PasswordGenerationOptions.HasLowerLetter | PasswordGenerationOptions.HasUpperLetter; | |
private static Dictionary<PasswordGenerationOptions, string> _randomChars = new Dictionary<PasswordGenerationOptions, string>() | |
{ | |
{PasswordGenerationOptions.HasDigit,"123456789"}, | |
{PasswordGenerationOptions.HasUpperLetter,"ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ"}, | |
{PasswordGenerationOptions.HasLowerLetter,"abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz"}, | |
{PasswordGenerationOptions.HasSpecialChar,"!@$?"}, | |
}; | |
public static string Generate(int requiredLength = 6, PasswordGenerationOptions options = PasswordGenerationOptions.All) | |
{ | |
if (requiredLength < 6) | |
requiredLength = 6; | |
Random rand = new Random(Environment.TickCount); | |
var result = String.Empty; | |
var optionValues = Enum.GetValues(typeof(PasswordGenerationOptions)).Cast<PasswordGenerationOptions>(); | |
var hasSpecialChar = (options & PasswordGenerationOptions.HasSpecialChar) == PasswordGenerationOptions.HasSpecialChar; | |
// Count provided options discarding PasswordGenerationOptions.All | |
var optionCount = optionValues.Aggregate(0, (acc, opt) => (options & opt) == opt && opt != PasswordGenerationOptions.All ? acc + 1 : acc); | |
// Pick all provided options except PasswordGenerationOptions.All | |
var effectiveOptions = optionValues.Where(opt => (options & opt) == opt && opt != PasswordGenerationOptions.All).ToList(); | |
var specialCharCnt = requiredLength % 2 == 0 ? 2 : 1; | |
optionCount = hasSpecialChar ? optionCount - 1 : optionCount; | |
var len = hasSpecialChar ? requiredLength - specialCharCnt : requiredLength; | |
var minSliceLen = Math.DivRem(len, optionCount, out int rem); | |
var randomizedOptions = effectiveOptions.Select(opt => new { idx = rand.Next(0, effectiveOptions.Count - 1), option = opt }).OrderBy(r => r.idx).Select(r => r.option).ToList(); | |
foreach (var option in randomizedOptions) | |
{ | |
var isOptionHasSpecialChar = option == PasswordGenerationOptions.HasSpecialChar; | |
// PasswordGenerationOptions.HasSpecialChar has fixed slice length of 2 | |
var sliceLen = isOptionHasSpecialChar ? specialCharCnt : minSliceLen; | |
result += PickChars(option, sliceLen); | |
// Pick the extra resulting from the remainder | |
if (!isOptionHasSpecialChar && rem > 0) | |
{ | |
result += PickChars(option, 1); | |
rem--; | |
} | |
} | |
return Randomize(result); | |
} | |
private static string PickChars(PasswordGenerationOptions option, int count) | |
{ | |
var result = String.Empty; | |
Random rand = new Random(Environment.TickCount); | |
var allChars = _randomChars[option]; | |
for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) | |
{ | |
result += allChars[rand.Next(0, allChars.Length - 1)]; | |
} | |
return result; | |
} | |
private static string Randomize(string value) | |
{ | |
Random r = new Random(); | |
var len = value.Length; | |
return new string(value.ToCharArray().OrderBy(s => r.Next(0, len - 1)).ToArray()); | |
} | |
} |
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