Re: Anaconda 22.17+ enforces "good" passwords

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On Thu, 2015-02-26 at 10:50 +0100, Tomas Mraz wrote:

> > And so on. I got these from Lastpass which lets me choose 'make
> > pronounceable' as an advanced option, and I can pick any length. The
> > argument against is that chances are the user has to write these down
> > at least temporarily until memorized. *shrug* But that could be true
> > for four word passphrases too.
> Note that there is already pronounceable password generator in the
> libpwquality library. You can test it with the pwmake command. The
> generated passwords contain also some numbers and special characters so
> that they can be shorter with the same entropy. The lowest entropy
> passwords that are possible to generate have 56 bits which might be a
> little bit too much though for cases where online attacks are
> rate-limited.

For the generation of passwords to memorize I find apg convenient
because of the added spelling.

$ apg -a 0 -m 15 -t 
jortedfavwievTo (jort-ed-fav-wiev-To)
PryFlydkibBojfi (Pry-Flyd-kib-Boj-fi)
)WrernyanwamNia (RIGHT_PARENTHESIS-Wrern-yan-wam-Nia)
inHinReexHookot (in-Hin-Reex-Hook-ot)
6wrowgAmFaypErm (SIX-wrowg-Am-Fayp-Erm)
HaQuisyaggUfes6 (Ha-Quis-yagg-Uf-es-SIX)


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