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+// password.cpp
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2010
+// Steven Watanabe
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
+// accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//[password
+/*`
+    For the source of this example see
+    [@boost://libs/random/example/password.cpp password.cpp].
+
+    This example demonstrates generating a random 8 character
+    password.
+ */
+
+
+#include <boost/random/random_device.hpp>
+#include <boost/random/uniform_int_distribution.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main() {
+    /*<< We first define the characters that we're going
+         to allow.  This is pretty much just the characters
+         on a standard keyboard.
+    >>*/
+    std::string chars(
+        "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+        "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+        "1234567890"
+        "!@#$%^&*()"
+        "`~-_=+[{]}\\|;:'\",<.>/? ");
+    /*<< We use __random_device as a source of entropy, since we want
+         passwords that are not predictable.
+    >>*/
+    boost::random::random_device rng;
+    /*<< Finally we select 8 random characters from the
+         string and print them to cout.
+    >>*/
+    boost::random::uniform_int_distribution<> index_dist(0, chars.size() - 1);
+    for(int i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
+        std::cout << chars[index_dist(rng)];
+    }
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+}
+
+//]