Last active
July 4, 2016 11:30
-
-
Save mgor/736328fdc0f449a85a8c to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
diceware password generator (as secure as $RANDOM would be?)
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
DICTIONARY="/tmp/diceware.lst" | |
DICTIONARY_URL="http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.wordlist.asc" | |
WORDS="3" | |
COUNT="1" | |
SEPARATOR="-" | |
while getopts ":w:n:s:" optchar; do | |
case "${optchar}" in | |
w) | |
WORDS="${OPTARG}" | |
;; | |
n) | |
COUNT="${OPTARG}" | |
;; | |
s) | |
SEPARATOR="${OPTARG}" | |
;; | |
*) | |
;; | |
esac | |
done | |
OPTIND=1 | |
join_array() { | |
local IFS="${1}" | |
shift | |
echo "${*}" | |
} | |
get_entropy() { | |
local entropy="" | |
for ((i=0; i < 5; i++)) | |
{ | |
n=$((RANDOM%6+1)) | |
entropy="${entropy}${n}" | |
} | |
echo ${entropy} | |
} | |
generate_password() { | |
local password=() | |
for ((x = 0; x < WORDS; x++ )) | |
{ | |
entropy="$(get_entropy)" | |
word="$(awk '/^'"${entropy}"'/ {print $2}' "${DICTIONARY}")" | |
password+=("${word}") | |
} | |
join_array "${SEPARATOR}" "${password[@]}" | |
} | |
if [[ ! -e "${DICTIONARY}" || "$(find "${DICTIONARY}" -cmin +60)" ]]; then | |
echo "Downloading dictionary..." | |
curl -s -o "${DICTIONARY}" "${DICTIONARY_URL}" \ | |
|| { echo "Failed to download dictionary" >&2; exit 1; } | |
fi | |
for ((n=0; n < COUNT; n++)) | |
{ | |
generate_password | |
} |
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment