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From the author (Michael Shields <shields@tembel.org>):
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ppgen generates passphrases using strings of words, long enough to have
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an arbitrary level of entropy. It can use any dictionary and the best
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available source of randomness, including PGP's cryptographic RNG if you
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have version 2.6.2. It is written in portable C, and it is fairly fast.
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You can use ppgen to generate passphrases whenever you have a program that
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accepts long passwords. I use it for Kerberos and for local passwords
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(I use the FreeBSD MD5-based crypt(3), not the standard limited Unix one),
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and for my PGP keyring.
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Because ppgen is so simple, it can also easily be used by passwd(1)
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or adduser(1) programs to choose passwords for users.
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