[PATCH] Add support for XKCD-style wordlist passwords

Cong Ma cong.ma at obspm.fr
Tue Oct 30 09:04:02 CET 2018


On 30/10/2018 15:25, Lenz Weber wrote:
> 
> Of course, there is nothing speaking against saving a diceware password
> that has been generated elsewhere in pass - as a fallback, in case one
> forgets it.
> 
> But this is an edge use case, not a core use case and the stance on edge
> use cases has always been that there
> * are other unix tools for it
> * can always be a pass extension to offer it for those users that want
> it in pass
> 
> What are other people's opinions on this?

In my opinion, there is indeed a mismatch between Diceware-style,
memorable passphrases and the typical usage case of `pass', as you've
commented on. That's why I would like to take the extension approach
instead of a modification to the core command `pass generate'.

Cheers,
Cong.


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