security:passwords

Table of Contents

Passwords
- Password Generation
  - General Usage
  - Formatted for /etc/shadow
- Password Managers

Passwords

Password things.

Password Generation

General Usage

diceware - Generates passwords using the diceware list.
makepasswd - Generates random alphanumeric passwords and/or encrypts a plaintext password of your choice.
Generate password using base64 and /dev/urandom:
```
head -c50 /dev/urandom | base64
```

Formatted for /etc/shadow

sha-512:
```
mkpasswd --method=sha-512
```
yescrypt:
```
mkpasswd --method=yescrypt
```

openssl:
- sha-512:
```
openssl passwd -6
```

python3:

sha-512:

python3 -c 'import crypt, getpass; print(crypt.crypt(getpass.getpass()))'

Password Managers

KeePassXC - Generates and stores random alphanumeric and diceware passwords.
pass - Generates and stores random alphanumeric passwords.
Linux Keyring - Stores passwords

security/passwords.txt · Last modified: 2021/11/10 06:41 by chuck