Sent over HTTP and generated on a remote machine, which could theoretically log it along with your IP. </paranoid>
Alternate ways of generating strong passwords on your local box that I'm aware of:
* Mac OS X users can launch Keychain Access, click the + button, then the Key button on the very right. This gives you a dialog window which will generate strong passwords in various configurations, such as memorable ones.
* The pwgen utility is available on several Linux distributions and on Macports. It too can generate memorable passwords. Check out the -s and -y command line options and note that you can give the desired password length on the command line.
APG (Automated Password Generator) is the tool set for random
password generation. It generates some random words of required type
and prints them to standard output. Advantages:
* Built-in ANSI X9.17 RNG (Random Number Generator)(CAST/SHA1)
* Built-in password quality checking system (now it has support for Bloom
filter for faster access)
* Two Password Generation Algorithms:
1. Pronounceable Password Generation Algorithm (according to NIST
FIPS 181)
2. Random Character Password Generation Algorithm with 35
configurable modes of operation
* Configurable password length parameters
* Configurable amount of generated passwords
* Ability to initialize RNG with user string
* Support for /dev/random
* Ability to crypt() generated passwords and print them as additional output.
* Special parameters to use APG in script
