Quick-Pass is a Python script that generates a strong
password that can be used for just about anything.
The aim here is to provide users with a
decent password with just few keystrokes.
Coming up with a decent password on your own sucks,
especially on the fly,
let Quick-Pass take care of that ickyness for you.
I'm sure you've seen the occasional article or news report,
where it's found that employees of "X" company or "Y" Corp
had their security practices audited.
Janice in accounting used "password" as her password.
hmmm, not bad Janice, but we need you to actually try.
John, well he's a clever boy. He stepped it up a notch:
"Password123" .
I did say he was clever.
And then there's Bill,
because there's always a Bill.
Bill's password is "Nr?r7]04Z" .
Wow Bill, that sounds like a decently strong password!
Good Job Pal.
Bill gets a promotion and that new corner office hes been eyeing,
while John and Janice have to attend the super important mandatory
meeting on why hiding your password under your family guy mouse pad,
(Who still uses mouse pads) is a bad idea.
We should all strive to be more like Bill.
Getting Quick-Pass up and running is easy.
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Open a terminal window and enter:
git clone https://github.com/syst3m-failur3/Quick-pass.git -
Navigate to the cloned Quick-pass directory and enter:
sudo pip install . -
We're Done!
Quick-pass is comprised of two sub-commands:
usage: Quick-Pass password [-h] [-a] [-l LENGTH] [-m] [-q QUANTITY]
optional arguments:
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-a, --alphanumeric
Turns off the use of special characters.
-l LENGTH, --length LENGTH
The desired number of characters to be used. (Default: 10).
-m, --mute
Disables warning message about password length and character usage.
-q QUANTITY, --quantity QUANTITY
The number of passwords to generate. (Default: 1)
Entering quick-pass password
will give you a single 10 character password.
something like pyIsq*7}eb
Simple enough, yeah?
usage: Quick-Pass passphrase [-h]
[-c [all, first-letter, alt-word, alt-letter, last-letter, random]
[-l LENGTH] [-q QUANTITY] [-p PATH]
[-pad [PADDING] [-pd PADDING_DEPTH]
[-s [! @ $ # % ? * : + - = . s]
[-sd SEPERATOR_DEPTH]
optional arguments:
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-c [all, alt-letter, alt-word, first-letter, last-letter, random]
--capitalize [all, alt-letter, alt-word, first-letter, last-letter, random]
Word casing pattern. (Default: None)
-l LENGTH, --length LENGTH
The number of words for passphrase. (Default: 4)
-q QUANTITY, --quantity QUANTITY
The number of passphrases to generate. (Default: 1)
-p PATH, --path PATH path to wordlist file. (Default: Current Dir)
-pad [PADDING], --padding [PADDING]
Character to add at the beginning and end of
passphrase. (Default: Random)
-pd PADDING_DEPTH, --padding-depth PADDING_DEPTH
Number of characters for padding. (Default: 2)
-s [! @ $ # % ? * : + - = . s], --seperator [! @ $ # % ? * : + - = . s]
Character to insert between words. (Default: Single
Space)
-sd SEPERATOR_DEPTH, --seperator-depth SEPERATOR_DEPTH
Number of characters for seperator. (Default: 1)
quick-pass passphrase
This will give you a 4 word password seperated by a single space
like: Honor sweet yams afterglow which would make a decent band name.
I thought i'd just toss in some helpful password
and security tips, because i like you so much.
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Password is not a good password.
Adding 123 doesn't make it better, i promise. -
Go ahead and turn on two-factor authentication.
List of websites and whether or not they support 2FA. -
Don't neglect software updates!
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Never share your passwords with co-workers or really anyone for that matter.
1 in 5 employees share their email passwords with coworkers -
If you believe one of your accounts as been compromised,
don't hesitate,change your password, like right now, like now now
Why are you still reading this. -
Do not use the same passwords across all you accounts, if someone manages
to get that one password, they have access to everything,
and that's what we like to call, BAD. -
If you have a lot of long, complicated passwords to remember,
consider using a trusted password manager.
How to evaluate a password manager?
A few password mangers to get you started.
- KeePass
- BitWarden
- Pass
- 1password
Quick-pass is available under the GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)
Check out License for more details.
Have Questions, comments, complaints,
concerns, predictions, spam?
Send it my way.
Email: cryanb91@gmail.com