SecurePasswordGenerator.psm1
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function New-SecurePassword { param ( [int]$length = 12 ) # Define the character sets $numbers = "0123456789" $lowercase = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" $uppercase = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" $symbols = "!@#$%^&*()-_=+[]{}|;:,.<>?/`~" # Helper function to generate random numbers that sum up to a specific total with a minimum value for each part function Get-RandomDistribution { param ( [int]$total, [int]$parts ) $result = @(0) for ($i = 1; $i -lt $parts; $i++) { $result += Get-Random -Minimum 1 -Maximum ($total - $parts + $i) } $result += $total $result = $result | Sort-Object $distribution = @() for ($i = 0; $i -lt $parts; $i++) { $distribution += $result[$i + 1] - $result[$i] } return $distribution } # Determine the number of each type of character $characterTypesCount = Get-RandomDistribution -total $length -parts 4 $numNumbers = $characterTypesCount[0] $numLowercase = $characterTypesCount[1] $numUppercase = $characterTypesCount[2] $numSymbols = $characterTypesCount[3] # Initialize an empty password array $password = @() # Randomly select characters based on the determined counts and add to the password array if ($numNumbers -gt 0) { $password += ($numbers | ForEach-Object {$_} | Get-Random -Count $numNumbers).ToCharArray() } if ($numLowercase -gt 0) { $password += ($lowercase | ForEach-Object {$_} | Get-Random -Count $numLowercase).ToCharArray() } if ($numUppercase -gt 0) { $password += ($uppercase | ForEach-Object {$_} | Get-Random -Count $numUppercase).ToCharArray() } if ($numSymbols -gt 0) { $password += ($symbols | ForEach-Object {$_} | Get-Random -Count $numSymbols).ToCharArray() } # Shuffle the password array to make it more random $password = $password | Sort-Object {Get-Random} # Ensure the password is exactly the specified length $password = -join $password[0..($length-1)] # Return the generated password return $password } # Example usage $securePassword = New-SecurePassword -length 12 Write-Output $securePassword |