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Easy to use command line based strong passphrase generator.

Implemented as a self contained perl script that should work on many unix like systems.

The passphrase-generator defaults to only 3 words instead of the 4 suggested by XKCD, but uses a larger dictionary found in many unix like systems at /usr/share/dict/words. It also provides estimates for the entropy of the generated passphrases. The randomization is based on /dev/urandom and SHA1.

See http://xkcd.com/936/ for an entertaining take on passwords vs. passphrases.

See my post in stackoverflow for links to other solutions and discussions on passphrases vs passwords: http://stackoverflow.com/a/12646320/1148030

Features

Provides estimates of passphrase entropy
Uses /dev/urandom as randomness source
Options to adjust generated passphrases
Uses /usr/share/dict/words as a dictionary

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BSD License

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Operating Systems

BSD, Linux

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop, Security Professionals, System Administrators

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

Perl

Related Categories

Perl Password Managers

Registered

2012-09-28

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