troubadour

A small script for generating easy to remember wordbased passwords, which are still secure.

./troubadour.rb -h
Usage: ./troubadour.rb [options]
    -m, --min_length=n               Minimum length of word to select
    -M, --max_length=n               Maximum length of a word to select
    -n, --words=n                    Number of words to select
    -w, --wild_chars=n               Number of wild chars to randomly insert
    -l, --word_list=FILE             Word list to select words from
    -E, --exclude=REGEXP             Regular expression for excluding words
    -h, --help                       Prints this help

Examples

./troubadour.rb
Words:       gingery magnet lammas
Wildchar(s): "
Password:    gi"ngerymagnetlammas
Length:      20
Entropy:     131.4 (49.3)

./troubadour.rb -n 5
Words:       leadenly primrose filchery sandclub netful
Wildchar(s): `
Password:    leadenlyprimrosefilcherysandclu`bnetful
Length:      39
Entropy:     256.22 (82.17)