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HSXKPasswd

A Perl module and terminal command for generating secure memorable passwords inspired by the Steve Gibson's Password Haystacks and the fabulous XKCD web comic. This is the library that drives www.xkpasswd.net

This library is provided entirely free of charge under a very liberal free licence. It has taken a signifficant amount of time to write, and continues to take time to maintain and update. If you'd like to contribute towards that time and effort, please consider making a donation at the project's home page (linked above).

Quick Install Guide

The latest stable release of this module is available via CPAN:

sudo cpan Crypt::HSXKPasswd

You can manually build any version of the module by downloading the code and executing the following in the root directory of the download:

perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build install

If you prefer to install the module into your home directory rather than system-wide, you can do so with perlbrew. This is particularly useful if you do not have sudo access. You'll find instructions in this blog post.

Commandline Basics:

Generate a single password with all the default settings:

hsxkpasswd

Get a list of defined presets:

hsxkpasswd -l

Generate 10 passwords from a preset:

hsxkpasswd -p XKCD 10

Sample Perl File

This sample file assumes the module has been successfully installed.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use Crypt::HSXKPasswd;

print hsxkpasswd(preset => 'WEB32')."\n";