davideGiovannini/passphrase_generator

Simple passphrase generator

A simple passphrase generator inspired by this article from EFF, that lets you specify which one of these three wordlist to use:

• long corresponding to EFF's Long Wordlist, for use with five dice
• shortest corresponding to EFF's Short Wordlist #1, featuring only short words, for use with four dice
• short corresponding to EFF's Short Wordlist #2, for use with four dice, featuring longer words that may be more memorable.

Some examples of a generated passphrases with different wordlist:

• aroma algorithm attach concrete freeway endpoint
• chop bust fang shush drown cone
• imaging vagrancy cesspool oncoming silicon excerpt

Usage

Usage:
    passphrase_generator [OPTIONS]

Passphrase generator that uses a word list and dices.

optional arguments:
  -h,--help             show this help message and exit
  -v,--verbose          Be verbose
  -w,--wordlist WORDLIST
                        Word list to use (one of [long, short, shortest]), default is long
  -n,--length LENGTH    Length of the passphrase, default is 6

Compiling

Using Cargo

cargo build --release

This will generate the passphrase_generator executable inside the folder target/release/

Running from cargo

It is also possible to directly run the program from cargo using the command cargo run --release, although any command line arguments must be passed after a --.

Some examples:

• cargo run --release generates a passphrase using the default options
• cargo run --release -- -n 8 generates a passphrase of length 8
• cargo run --release -- -w short -n 10 generates a passphrase of length 10 using the shorter wordlist