Random string and password generator

This tool generates strings with random characters. This is useful eg. when choosing passwords. You can use uppercase, lowercase, and special characters, as well as change the length of the string. With each type of string comes a RSS feed for your news reader.
Number of characters: <-- max. 50, use 0 for random


Use numbers as well as text
Use uppercase as well as lowercase
Use "-" and "_"
Use extra special characters (*)

(*) Note: The extra special characters are: ~ ! @ ¤ # $ £ § % ^ & * ( ) + ` = { } | \ ] ? [ " : ; ' > < , . /
Privacy: This tool does not record any information about the strings you choose to generate, the options you choose, your IP address, browser, time of use, frequency of use, or anything else.


Version history:
2012-11-15: Version 2.7 is just a bugfix because the page moved yesterday. Sorry about the inconvenience.
2008-06-30: Version 2.6 made the code run a tiny bit faster.
2007-09-05: Version 2.5 fixed a really small bug.
2005-10-18: Version 2.4 fixed yet another minor RSS bug.
2005-10-09: Version 2.3 fixed a minor RSS bug.
2005-06-12: Version 2.2 has RSS autodiscovery for Firefox, and better RSS structure.
2005-04-23: Version 2.0 is a total rewrite with three layers of randomness and RSS feeds.
2005-04-22: Version 1.4 added an extra layer of randomness and more special character options.
2004-12-18: Version 1.2 added even better handling of special characters, and a little more random randomness.
2004-12-17: Version 1.1 added better handling of special characters, and a simple counter.
2004-06-20: Version 1.0 launched.