[PATCH] stop using pwgen

Leho Kraav leho at kraav.com
Sun Dec 18 12:29:23 CET 2016


On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 11:57:28PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> I'll seriously consider replacing pwgen. I didn't know it was so
> horrible. I'll investigate and make a decision.
> 
> I like the idea of using /dev/urandom directly, but piping it into
> base64 is a terrible idea. I've got some ideas on how to do this. I'll
> code a few different ones up and see how it goes. I'll also evaluate
> pwgen competitors. There was a nice one somebody on this list proposed
> a while ago.
> 
> Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

I've been long wondering why there's no command line pronounceable
password generators, or am I just unable to locate one? I used
http://readablepassphrase.codeplex.com back in KeePass days and it was
highly enjoyable. So missing this for `pass`.


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