NukeCops - Secure Site Key generator released

MilSim has released an early version of Electric Dice - a true random Site Key generator. A site key is an important but often overlooked security feature of PHP-Nuke. It is used in generating security codes for authentication and resource access (e.g. downloads) purposes. Each installation of PHP-Nuke system requires choosing a unique Site Key, and this is where Electric Dice steps in. ElectricDice is useful for both first time installation as well as updating your existing site key.

ElectricDice generates true random site keys that can be easily pasted into the config.php file. As opposed to pseudo random numbers generated by computers, Electric Dice uses numbers generated from atmospheric noise in radio waves - a proven entropy source. This software is offered completely free to PHP-Nuke community. At this time, only Windows GUI version is available, Linux version is nearly completed. You can download ElectricDice from Mil-Sim website. You may need to install Microsoft .NET Framework which is necessary for ElectricDice to run. The program requires Internet connection, since ElectricDice downloads random number sequences generated from Mil-Sim server. Although the documentation is still being written, the program is very easy and convenient to use; no installation is necessary - simply download and start! Future versions (coming soon) will include Linux compatibility (utilising the Mono framework), additional security features, passphrase and password generation and other components. We want your opinions! :) Pay us a visit at our forums and discuss ElectricDice. About us: Military Research and Simulations Initiative (MilSim) is an organisation specialising in information systems security, research on weapons systems and orders of battle, and development of combat simulations.