NAME¶

bin2pass - converts binary input to passwords

SYNOPSIS¶

bin2pass [d|u|l] [<max size>] [<symbols>] <binary
    

DESCRIPTION¶

bin2pass reads standard input, and accepts three optional parameters (note this is the same syntax as accepted by sphinx(1)):

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a combination of the letters “uld” enabling upper-, lower-case letters and digits respectively. If this is not provided bin2pass defaults to “uld”.

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a number setting the maximum length of the password to be converted to. Note if you specify a larger number than is possible to generate from the input the output will be padded by leading “A” characters. The default is the longest possible output depending on the input

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a string listing all the symbols allowed in the password. Any of the following is allowed (and this is also the default if not specified):

| !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{}~
    

Please note that is allowed, and also be careful in quoting special characters that might be interpreted by your shell, such as ", !, \, etc...

EXAMPLES¶

Generate the longest possible random password from /dev/random, with the resulting password having characters from digits, lower- and upper-case letters and the and * symbols.

dd if=/dev/random bs=1 count=32 | ./pwdsphinx/bin2pass.py " *"
    

REPORTING BUGS¶

https://github.com/stef/pwdsphinx/issues/

AUTHOR¶

Written by Stefan Marsiske.

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2023 Stefan Marsiske. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO¶

sphinx(1)