dgen

• About
• Getting started
  • Installation
  • Usage
• Contributing
  • Code Style
  • Documentation
  • Testing
• TODO
• Credits

Using the diceware method to generate passwords results in stronger passwords that are more resistant to cracking. This project implements the diceware method to create passphrases that are strong and easy to remember.

Check out this XKCD comic to get a better idea: https://xkcd.com/936/

Read the official diceware page for a more detailed explanation of diceware and how to use the method for generating passphrases securely: http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html

This program requires only minimal user interaction. You specify the number of words that you want in the passphrase and the minimum length of the passphrase, and the program will generate a secure diceware passphrase that meets those requirements. It will display this passphrase to you in the terminal and allow you to save it to an encrypted output file if you so choose. Additionally, it will decrypt previously saved output file and display the passphrases that are contained.

To install from rubygems, execute:

gem install dgen

Alternatively, you could build from source:

git clone https://github.com/d3d1rty/dgen.git
cd dgen
gem build dgen.gemspec
gem install ./dgen-0.5.0.gem

• Execute command dgen -h for options
• Execute command dgen -s to generate a single passphrase
• Execute command dgen -b to generate multiple passphrases
• Enter the number of words to use in the passphrase(s)
  • The recommended minimum is 6 words
• Enter the minimum number of characters to use in the passphrase
  • The recommended minimum is 17 characters
• The program will display the generated passphrase at which point...
  • You can:
    • Write it down once
    • Commit it to memory
    • Destroy the paper copy
  • Or (recommended):
    • Allow the program to save the generated passphrases to an encrypted file.
• To open a previously saved output file, execute command dgen -o FILENAME
  • Provide the key for encryption
  • The program will read the file, decrypt the passphrases, and display them to the screen. The contents of the file will remain encrypted.

To keep a consistent code style, it is recommended to use rubocop. If you use vim and syntastic, you can use rubocop as a Ruby checker. To manually run rubocop, you can run the following commands:

# Run rubocop for the entire project
rubocop
# Run rubocop for a specific file
rubocop foo/bar.rb

Comment any code contributions according to the existing conventions within the project. Reference the examples listed below:

Example top-level comment:

##
# = ClassNameGoesHere
# Author::    Dick Davis (+/- individual contributors)
# Copyright:: Copyright 2018 Dick Davis
# License::   GNU Public License 3
#
# This is a class that is something and does something.

Example method comment:

##
# This is a method that does something

Documentation should be regenerated prior to merging any branches into master. The latest documentation auto-sources off the docs/ folder on the master branch. For more information on RDoc, go here.

# Run custom rake task to regenerate RDoc documentation
rake rdoc

Integration tests should be written for all classes and methods. The test suite can be run executed by rake task rake test.

• Write tests for OutputFile module
• Improve error handling

Ruby 2.0 or higher

Thanks to the Ruby community for the valuable learning resources.