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[aragon]

Version: 0.1

Ppass is a simple gtkdialog-gui for pwgen (included). It generates a list on 10 random passwords (8 chars). You could choose between 2 'security levels'.

If you need longer passwords => use another tool

aragon

[Lobster]

Thanks for this
8 characters is standard now

I have to use a password book
One tip I liked is combining the
name of the program or location with a standard password
- perhaps based on song lyrics

so you might have

gmailTamfibitw
diggTamfibitw

that is 'The answer my friend is blowing in the wind'

[vovchik]

Dear aragon,

Here is a little script I put together to generate passwords based upon the kernel's /dev/random function. I think it does as good a job as your pwgen for most practical purposes - though I haven't tested its "strength" - and is roughly 15x smaller. Please have a look if you eventually do a rewrite of your gui.

With kind regards,
vovchik

PS. Lobster, that is a very useful little tip - using lyrics. I think I'll adopt the method.

[aragon]

hi vovchick,

seems to me a very clever script. if it's ok for you, i will create a new version with your code.

if i want to include a secure version with special characters i will have to add them to "mychars", correct?

aragon

[vovchik]

Dear aragon,

Please feel free to use the script as you wish. You are right in that extra chars can be added to the my_chars var. I just modded the script a tiny bit and added a max_len var to control the length of the password. Please have a look, because it may offer more flexibility than the original.

With kind regards,
vovchik

PS. Das Gui-Programm hat mir gefallen. Vielleicht können wir Barry ueberreden es ein Bestandteil des normalen Puppys zu machen. Wäre nicht schlecht.

[aragon]

hi vovchick,

is it possible to have a fixed length e.g. 8 or 10 chars with your script?

aragon

[vovchik]

Hi aragon,

Sure, just change the max_len=8 to max_len=12 or 20, if you wish. If you name that quantity using a var, you can pass the length to the script, which may be convenient. And you can change the my_chars var easily, too, but make sure you have at least as many chars (+1 blank at the beginning to avoid a division by zero) as in the max_num var. I suppose script could be improved by having the length of the my_chars var computed automatically and assigned to the my_chars var. I think that would be efficient and save you the trouble of counting the string length manually, as I now have it. I also came across another password generating snippet that looked very useful - different method entirely - but don't know where I copied it to. If I find it again, I will post it here.

With kind regards,
vovchik

[vovchik]

Dear aragon,

With a bit of grepping on "history" I found the other program, which looks interesting and works. I have attached it.

With kind regards,
vovchik