security:passwords
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Passwords
Password things.
Password Generation
- 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.1636502776.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/11/09 19:06 by chuck