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Name

apg - generates several random passwords

Synopsis

apg [-a algorithm] [-M mode] [-E char_string] [-n num_of_pass][-m min_pass_len] [-x max_pass_len] [-rdictfile] [-bfilter_file] [-p min_substr_len] [-s] [-ccl_seed] [-d] [-y] [-l] [-t] [-k] [-q] [-h] [-v]

Description

apg generates several random passwords. It uses several password generation algorithms(currently two) and a built-in pseudo random number generator.

Default algorithm is pronounceable password generation algorithm designed by Morrie Gasser and described in A Random Word Generator ForPronounceable PasswordsNational Technical Information Service (NTIS) AD-A-017676. The original paper is very old and had never been putonline, so I have to use NIST implementation described in FIPS-181. https://friendsdedal996.weebly.com/lucky-red-casino-mobile.html.

Dcommander 3 8 0. Another algorithm is simple random character generation algorithm, but it uses four user-defined symbol sets to produce random password. It means that usercan choose type of symbols that should appear in password. Symbol sets are: numeric symbol set (0,.,9) , capital letters symbol set (A,.,Z) ,small letters symbol set (a,.,z) and special symbols symbol set (#,@,!,.).

Built-in pseudo random number generator is an implementation of algorithm described in Appendix C of ANSI X9.17 or RFC1750 with exception thatit uses CAST or SHA-1 instead of Triple DES. It uses local time with precision of microseconds (see gettimeofday(2)) and/dev/random (if available) to produce initial random seed. Engineering sketch online.

apg also have the ability to check generated password quality using dictionary. You can use this ability if you specify command-line options-rdictfile or -bfiltername where dictfile is the dictionary file name and filtername is the name of Bloom filterfile. In that dictionary you may place words (one per line) that should not appear as generated passwords. Resume lab for pages 1 0 1 – templates bundle. For example: user names, common words, etc. You evencan use one of the dictionaries that come with dictionary password crackers. Bloom filter file should be created with apgbfm(1) utilityincluded in apg distribution. In future releases I plan to implement some other techniques to check passwords (like pattern check) just to make life easier.

Options

Password generation modes options

-n num_of_pass: generate num_of_pass number of passwords. Default is 6.
-m min_pass_len: generate password with minimum length min_pass_len. If min_pass_len > max_pass_len then max_pass_len = min_pass_len. Defaultminimum password length is 8.
-x max_pass_len: generate password with maximum length max_pass_len. If min_pass_len > max_pass_len then max_pass_len = min_pass_len. Defaultmaximum password length is 10.
-M mode: Use symbolsets specified with mode for password generation. mode is a text string consisting of characters S, s, N,n, C, c, L, l. Where:
S: generator must use special symbol set for every generated password.
s: generator should use special symbol set for password generation.
N: generator must use numeral symbol set for every generated password.
n: generator should use numeral symbol set for password generation.
C: generator must use capital symbol set for every generated password.
c: generator should use capital symbol set for password generation.
L: generator must use small letters symbol set for every generated password (always present if pronounceable password generation algorithm is used).
l: generator should use small letters symbol set for password generation.
R,r: not supported any more. Use -E char_string option instead.

mode can not be more than 4 characters in length.

Note:
Usage of L, M, N, C will slow down password generation process.

https://downmup471.weebly.com/om-nom-games-online-free.html. Examples:
-M sncl or -M SNCL or -M Cn

-k: check every generated password using cracklib. To use this ability you must enable cracklib support during programm building.
-r dictfile: check generated passwords for their appearance in dictfile
-b filter_file: check generated passwords for their appearance in filter_file. filter_file should be created with apgbfm(1) utility.
-p min_substr_len: this option tells apg(1) to check every substring of the generated password for appearance in filter_file. If any of such substringswould be found in the filter_file then generated password would be rejected and apg(1) will generate another one. min_substr_len specifiesminimum substring length to check. This option is active only if -b option is defined.

Pseudo random number generator options

-d: do NOT use any delimiters between generated passwords. I use it when i have to generate passwords in a shell script.
-y: print generated passwords and crypted passwords (see man crypt(3))
-q: quiet mode (do not print warnings)
-l: spell genetated passwords. Useful when you want to read generated password by telephone.
WARNING: Think twice before read your password by phone.
-t: print pronunciation for generated pronounceable password
-h: print help information and exit
-v: print version information and exit

Default Options

apg -a 0 -M sncl -n 6 -x 10 -m 8 (new style)

If you want to generate really secure passwords, you should use option -s. To simplify apg usage, you can write a small shell script. Forexample:
[begin]----> pwgen.sh
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/bin/apg -m 8 -x 12 -s
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Exit Code

On successful completion of its task, apg will complete with exit code 0. An exit code of-1 indicates an error occurred. Textual errors are written to the standard error stream.

Diagnostics

If /dev/random is not available, apg will display a message about it.

Files

None.

Bugs

None. If you've found one, please send bug description to the author.