/// <summary>
/// Generates a new secure password.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>New secure password.</returns>
public static string GetRandomSecurePassword()
{
double Entropy = 0;
PasswordPolicy PWPolicy = new PasswordPolicy(15, 18);
// Don't allow the following characters: | *$£-+_&=%/\^~#@
// (because the 'british pound' character doesn't exist on every keyboard!)
PWPolicy.CharacterSetRemove("AO");
PasswordGenerator PWGenerator = new PasswordGenerator(PWPolicy);
// NOTE: An Entropy of 91 was deemed sufficient in 2016 but it should be raised in future years to accommodate
// the increase in computing power (CPU and GPU) and advance of parallel processing and hence the lessening of
// time it would take to break a password of such an Entropy.
while (Entropy < 91)
{
PWGenerator.GeneratePassword();
Entropy = PWGenerator.PasswordEntropy;
}
return(PWGenerator.Password);
}
