What is this?
xkcd-generate creates pass phrases from novels and dictionaries, with options to add digits or special characters.
What drove this?
There's no way I can sum it up better than the now classic xkcd.com comic describing the problem with passwords. Go look at it now. I'll wait.
Additionally, I wanted another playground for experimenting with Perl's Gtk3 libraries. If you'd like to see lots of example perl-Gtk3 programs, I wrote some here you can check out.
Did you implement this in a really, really secure manner?
I'm not sure. Give it a shot.
How can I install this?
The easiest way is to use the prebuilt binaries. All rpms and debs are digitally signed, and you can check the tarball's sig as well. See the Downloads section below.
Authors and Contributors
So far, just me (@dave-theunsub).
Support or Contact
Having trouble with this? File a bug or comment or suggestion here and we’ll help you sort it out.
Downloads
The latest version is 0.0.7.Fedora rpm
CentOS 7 rpm
Debian/Ubuntu deb
Source tarball and its sig
Click the video to see a demo ↑
Other projects by Dave M:
- ClamTk, an on-demand virus scanner for Linux.
- thunar-sendto-shredder, a small, graphical plugin to add a right-click, context menu ability to "shred" files or folders from within Thunar (part of XFCE)