The command `openssl rand -base64 32` generates a random base64-encoded string that represents 32 bytes of pseudo-random data. This command is commonly used to create strong, random passwords or keys. Here's a breakdown of how it works:
How It Works
- Random Data Generation: `openssl rand` generates pseudo-random bytes.
- Base64 Encoding: The `-base64` option encodes these bytes into a human-readable format using Base64 encoding. This encoding scheme uses a set of 64 characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +, /) to represent binary data as text.
Example Output
Running `openssl rand -base64 32` will produce a string similar to this:
openssl rand -base64 32
Output might look something like:
```
U2FsdGVkX1+9i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8i8
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[1] https://superuser.com/questions/1458249/how-to-decrypt-passwords-generated-by-openssl-rand-base64-20
[2] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60738514/openssl-rand-base64-32-what-is-the-equivalent-in-python
[3] https://www.jvt.me/posts/2020/06/27/generating-random-bytes-openssl-cli/
[4] https://raymii.org/s/snippets/OpenSSL_Password_Generator.html
[5] https://gist.github.com/894f2051d9703c0d47321e06756154cf
[6] https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/key-protect?topic=key-protect-import-standard-keys
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