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secure-passgen
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A simple command-line tool that allows you to generate random and secure passwords.
This is a Node.js module available through the npm registry.
Before installing, download and install Node.js.
npm install -g secure-passgen
npx secure-passgen
npx secure-passgen
Enter the length of the password: 50
Generated Password: s_RU0w2aPx*SzAs3Q%5EbFLL0XyGb%UkoixBL^g5XlBjkSesEv
const crypto = require("crypto")
function generateSecurePassword(n) {
const CHARACTERS =
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!@#$%^&*()-_=+"
const randomBytes = crypto.randomBytes(n)
const pass = new Array(n)
for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
pass[i] = CHARACTERS[randomBytes[i] % CHARACTERS.length]
}
return pass.join("")
}
module.exports = { generateSecurePassword }
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secure password generator
The npm package secure-passgen receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, secure-passgen popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that secure-passgen demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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