https://github.com/jamesbarwell/diceware-bash

A tool to select random words from a source, to generate a strong passphrase
https://github.com/jamesbarwell/diceware-bash

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A tool to select random words from a source, to generate a strong passphrase

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jamesbarwell/diceware-bash
• Owner: JamesBarwell
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-09-30T12:33:35.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-09-30T12:34:50.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-10T00:09:12.579Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 121 KB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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README

        
diceware.sh - a tool to select random words from a source, to generate a strong passphrase

## Usage

```

./diceware.sh source.txt [selection_count]

# e.g.

./diceware.sh wutheringheights.txt 7

```

See [Project Gutenberg most popular](http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/%3Fsort_order%3Ddownloads) for some good sources.

## Credits

Inspired by and lifted from:

* [Passphrases That You Can Memorize — But That Even the NSA Can't Guess](https://theintercept.com/2015/03/26/passphrases-can-memorize-attackers-cant-guess/) by Micah Lee

* [Passphrases via shell pipeline](http://leancrew.com/all-this/2015/04/passphrases-via-shell-pipeline/) by Dr. Drang