Version 2.2.0 (2013-02-27)
NEW FEATURES:
- password settings can be stored now as "profiles": to load, create or delete
profiles, select File > Profile > ... in the main menu, or click F10 to show
the profile editor
- new hot key options: PWGen can be associated with a "hot key" (special key
combination), which allows for quickly generating passwords, for example
- new "advanced" password option "Reverse default order of character/word
combinations" (see manual for more details)
- new "Generate" button (symbol next to the button for generating multiple
passwords): enables writing the generated passwords directly to a file
instead of displaying them in a window; process is independent of any
RAM restrictions and practically only limited by free disk space
CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS:
- speed of password list generation increased significantly, particularly when
duplicate entries are to be excluded
- memory usage for password list generation improved (i.e., lower memory
requirements)
- max. number of passwords in password lists increased to 2,000,000,000
- max. size of password lists increased to 500,000,000 bytes
- max. number of words in word lists increased to 1,048,576 (corresponding to
20 bits of entropy per word)
- "footnotes" in the "Advanced Password Options" dialog changed in order to
clarify for which kinds of passwords (pass*words*, pass*phrases* or formatted
passwords) each option refers to
- random pool uses HMAC-SHA-256 instead of plain SHA-256 now (HMAC has
allegedly better random extraction properties)
FIXES:
- character set was not updated correctly in some cases
