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NAME

App::genpw::wordlist - Generate password with words from WordList::*

VERSION

This document describes version 0.010 of App::genpw::wordlist (from Perl distribution App-genpw-wordlist), released on 2024-01-23.

SYNOPSIS

See the included script genpw-wordlist.

FUNCTIONS

genpw

Usage:

genpw(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]

Generate password with words from WordList::*.

Examples:

  • Generate some passwords from the default English (EN::Enable) wordlist:

    genpw(num => 8, wordlists => ["ID::KBBI"]);

  • Generate some passwords from Indonesian words:

    genpw(num => 8, wordlists => ["ID::KBBI"]);

  • Generate some passwords with specified pattern (see genpw documentation for details of pattern):

    genpw(
    num => 5,
  patterns => ["%w%8\$10d-%w%8\$10d-%8\$10d%w"],
  wordlists => ["ID::KBBI"]
);

Using password from dictionary words (in this case, from WordList::*) can be useful for humans when remembering the password. Note that using a string of random characters is generally better because of the larger space (combination). Using a password of two random words from a 5000-word wordlist has a space of only ~25 million while an 8-character of random uppercase letters/lowercase letters/numbers has a space of 62^8 = ~218 trillion. To increase the space you'll need to use more words (e.g. 3 to 5 instead of just 2). This is important if you are using the password for something that can be bruteforced quickly e.g. for protecting on-disk ZIP/GnuPG file and the attacker has access to your file. It is then recommended to use a high number of rounds for hashing to slow down password cracking (e.g. --s2k-count 65011712 in GnuPG).

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • action => str (default: "gen")

    (No description)

  • case => str (default: "default")

    Force casing.

    default means to not change case. random changes casing some letters randomly to lower-/uppercase. lower forces lower case. upper forces UPPER CASE. title forces Title case.

  • num => int (default: 1)

    (No description)

  • patterns => array[str]

    Pattern(s) to use.

    CONVERSION (%P). A pattern is string that is roughly similar to a printf pattern:

    %P

    where P is certain letter signifying a conversion. This will be replaced with some other string according to the conversion. An example is the %h conversion which will be replaced with hexdigit.

    LENGTH (%NP). A non-negative integer (N) can be specified before the conversion to signify desired length, for example, %4w will return a random word of length 4.

    MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM LENGTH (%M$NP). If two non-negative integers separated by $ is specified before the conversion, this specify desired minimum and maximum length. For example, %4$10h will be replaced with between 4 and 10 hexdigits.

    ARGUMENT AND FILTERS (%(arg)P, %(arg)(filter1)(...)P). Finally, an argument followed by zero or more filters can be specified (before the lengths) and before the conversion. For example, %(wordlist:ID::KBBI)w will be replaced by a random word from the wordlist WordList::ID::KBBI. Another example, %()(Str::uc)4$10h will be replaced by between 4-10 uppercase hexdigits, and %(arraydata:Sample::DeNiro)(Str::underscore_non_latin_alphanums)(Str::lc)(Str::ucfirst)w will be replaced with a random movie title of Robert De Niro, where symbols are replaced with underscore then the string will be converted into lowercase and the first character uppercased, e.g. Dear_america_letters_home_from_vietnam.

    Anything else will be left as-is.

    Available conversions:

    %l   Random Latin letter (A-Z, a-z)
%d   Random digit (0-9)
%h   Random hexdigit (0-9a-f in lowercase [default] or 0-9A-F in uppercase).
     Known arguments:
     - "u" (to use the uppercase instead of the default lowercase digits)
%a   Random letter/digit (Alphanum) (A-Z, a-z, 0-9; combination of %l and %d)
%s   Random ASCII symbol, e.g. "-" (dash), "_" (underscore), etc.
%x   Random letter/digit/ASCII symbol (combination of %a and %s)
%m   Base64 character (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +, /)
%b   Base58 character (A-Z, a-z, 0-9 minus IOl0)
%B   Base56 character (A-Z, a-z, 0-9 minus IOol01)
%%   A literal percent sign
%w   Random word. Known arguments:
     - "stdin:" (for getting the words from stdin, the default)
     - "wordlist:NAME" (for getting the words from a L<WordList> module)
     - "arraydata:NAME" (for getting the words from an L<ArrayData> module, the
       Role::TinyCommons::Collection::PickItems::RandomPos will be applied).

    Filters are modules in the Data::Sah::Filter::perl:: namespace.

  • wordlists => array[perl::wordlist::modname_with_optional_args]

    (No description)

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional metadata.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-genpw-wordlist.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-genpw-wordlist.

SEE ALSO

genpw (from App::genpw)

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

% prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2024, 2020, 2018 by perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-genpw-wordlist

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.