passwordgenerator

password-generator-py

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Description

A lot of people with security in mind will use random characters as passwords like t.J:YuZcTSB=4z*v. We feel it’s secure <https://xkcd.com/936/>__ because it’s complicated. But the password above is as difficult as abcdefghijkl!123 for a machine to brute force even though it’s a lot easier for a user to remember.

This program attempts to create passwords truly difficult for a computer to brute force and easier to remember for a user.

Each password contains:

-  3 words from the english dictionary
-  1 random number placed at a random position
-  Random separators between words and numbers

It is very secure because…

• Since words length differ, the password length is unpredictable
• The separators change randomly
• The position of the number change randomly
• There are 32,000 (words) ^3 (number of words) ^10 (separator) ^10 (separator) ^10 (separator) ^1000 (numbers) different combinations possible

Examples

Here are a few passwords that can be generated:

::

Coaches_Acquires=Dumbbell_908 28=Haziness_Spatulas+Mortals Knights;Decrypts%Oatcakes_320 Optimise=472+Deterred%Apricots 375+Hazy%Decorate%Ruler Blotched%Dugout_995;Alkyl

Installation & usage

.. code:: bash

$> pip3 install passwordgenerator

$> passwordgenerator 844=Chinless=Jewelry+Consumer

Use within another Python script

.. code:: python

from passwordgenerator import pwgenerator

pwgenerator.generate() '676=Layers*Bugbear_Escapes'

Advanced options

::

passwordgenerator [-h] [-n MIN_WORD_LENGTH] [-x MAX_WORD_LENGTH] [-i MAX_INT_VALUE] [-e NUMBER_OF_ELEMENTS] [-s]

optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -n MIN_WORD_LENGTH, --min_word_length MIN_WORD_LENGTH Minimum length for each word -x MAX_WORD_LENGTH, --max_word_length MAX_WORD_LENGTH Maximum length for each word -i MAX_INT_VALUE, --max_int_value MAX_INT_VALUE Maximum value for the integer -e NUMBER_OF_ELEMENTS, --number_of_elements NUMBER_OF_ELEMENTS Number of elements in the password (ie. 4 = 3 words + 1 integer) -s, --no_special_characters Do not use special characters

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