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Generate easy to remember passwords
#!/usr/bin/python3 -O
from Crypto.Random import get_random_bytes
from math import ceil, log2
from struct import unpack
from sys import argv, exit
if __name__ == "__main__":
with open("/usr/share/dict/cracklib-small") as wordlist:
words = wordlist.readlines()
password = []
strength = int(argv[1]) if len(argv) > 1 else 128
bits = log2(len(words))
n = round(strength / bits)
mask = (1 << ceil(bits)) - 1
for i in range(n):
x = len(words)
while x >= len(words):
x = unpack("=Q", get_random_bytes(8))[0] & mask
password.append(words[x].strip())
print(*password)
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