<!---
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+    GENERATE RANDOM PASSWORD
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
--->
    <cffunction name="generatePassword" access="public" returntype="struct" displayname="Generate Password" output="false"
                hint="function to generate a random password for a user, plain and encrypted values">
    
         <cfscript>
            var passStruct = structNew();
            var randNum = 0;
            var randChar = 'a';
            var passList = '';
            var passLength = 8;
            var alphaLower = 'a|c|e|g|i|k|m|o|q|s|u|w|y|b|d|f|h|j|l|n|p|r|t|v|x|z';
            var alphaUpper = 'A|C|E|G|I|K|M|O|Q|S|U|W|Y|B|D|F|H|J|L|N|P|R|T|V|X|Z';
            var numeric = '0|2|4|6|8|9|7|5|3|1';
            //create a list of characters
            var charlist = alphaLower & '|' & numeric & '|' & alphaUpper;
            
            //create the password
            for (i = 1; i lte passLength; i = i + 1)
                {
                    randNum = randRange(1,listlen(charlist,'|'));     //random number for the list location
                    randChar = listGetAt(charList,randNum,'|');        //get character located at randNum position
                    passList = listAppend(passList,randChar,' ');    //list of characters delimited by space
                }
            
            //remove all the spaces from the passList variable to set the new password
            passStruct.plainPass = reReplace(passList,' ','','all');
            //take the new password and encrypt it
            passStruct.encryptPass = encryptPassword(passStruct.plainPass);
            
            //return the structure
            return passStruct;
        </cfscript>
         
    </cffunction>
<!---
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+    ENCRYPT PASSWORD
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
--->
    <cffunction name="encryptPassword" access="public" returntype="string" displayname="Encrypt Password" output="false"
                hint="take a password string and encrypt the value using the password key">
         <cfargument name="plainPass" type="string" required="true" default="all">
    
         <cfscript>
             //DO NOT CHANGE
            //this is the random key used to create and read passwords. if you change it all the exisiting passwords will break.
            var passwordKey = 'YUndjke395jdiD3j';
             
            encryptPass = trim(encrypt(arguments.plainPass, passwordKey));
            
            return encryptPass;
        </cfscript>
    </cffunction>