Hashword

usage: hashword.py [-h] [-l L] [-k K] [-s] password

Enchances password, copies directly to clipboard.

positional arguments: password original password

optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -l L desired length of new password -k K secret key for PRNG -s if set, use only [a-zA-Z0-9]

email issues to: droogans@gmail.com

Requirements

Python 2.7

xsel

Suggested usage

>$ python -m hashword login@service.tld -l 64 -k b4d_pa$$w0rd
>$ google-chrome https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm

Changelog

20120409 v0.1 - Created project

Notes

Just because this script makes it much easier to generate very strong passwords doesn't mean you shouldn't take the extra effort to further strengthen your set of passwords. Use the flags provided to do this.

Always use the -l modifier to something other than 16. You can go as low as eight characters, but it is strongly recommended that you go as high as 64 characters. Choosing odd numbers (say, primes) is likely to be easier to remember (the only prime numbers in the 30's is 31 and 37), making it that less likely to be exploited should an attacker realize you're using this program to generate passwords. It is also strongly recommended that you always use the -k flag to define your own key for shuffling the results of your final password.

The -s flag is included for situations where only alphanumeric characters are allowed by the service accepting your password.

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