This is a very simple tool that mostly served as a playground while I learned how to properly build a nix package.
It might also be useful for generating answers to "security" questions that are un-guessable and don't leak private data while still being easy to read out loud over the phone if needed.
I do NOT recommend using this tool to generate mission-critical passwords unless you understand how it works and are prepared to accept the associated risks.
The best way to develop/build/install this software is via nix, see this page for installation instructions.
Build rphon with nix-build to generate an executable in the results/ symlink folder.
Install after building with nix-env -i ./result.
You can also run npm install and then something like ts-node src/index.ts 4 --verbose to test it out quickly without relying on nix.
rphon takes one optional parameter: the number of random words to generate (default: 3)
rphon accepts one optional flag: --verbose which prints an entropy analysis (must be the 2nd arg so you must provide a number of words to generate to get verbose output).
Note: the non-verbose output does NOT include a trailing newline so that it can be piped to your clipboard w/out whitespace pollution.
Example usage: (newlines have been added after non-verbose output for enhanced readability)
$ rphon
digbus-dinnym-hidnyd
$ rphon 1
lavmun
$ rphon | pbcopy # send the random word straight to your clipboard on mac (or use xclip on linux)
$ rphon 3 --verbose
Creating a random phonetic phrase with 3 words
dictionary of 65536 ^ 3 words = 2.8e14 options
Average Joe could crack this password in 8 years
Bitcoin miners could crack this password in 0.0 seconds
This password would cost miners about $0.0 to crack
441 + 684 = ridryc
240 + 738 = ritweg
159 + 123 = tirled
ridryc-ritweg-tirled
$ rphon 5 --verbose
Creating a random phonetic phrase with 5 words
dictionary of 65536 ^ 5 words = 1.2e24 options
Average Joe could crack this password in 38,334,786,263 years
Bitcoin miners could crack this password in 4,835.703 seconds
This password would cost miners about $483,570.3 to crack
54 + 273 = dophep
687 + 303 = sarwet
750 + 504 = noctuc
48 + 609 = riglec
672 + 225 = nimsem
dophep-sarwet-noctuc-riglec-nimsem