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Generating secrets for applications

Using Python and Terminal:

python -c 'import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(16))'
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python -c 'import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(16))'
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If for some of you on Windows does not work, replace single quotes ' into double quotes ".

Using OpenSSL:

openssl rand -base64 16
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openssl rand -hex 16
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The number you choose is the length of the secret in bytes, a hex of 16 bytes will produce 32 character strings.

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