virtualkeyring is an utility script that helps generate a set of rebuildable domain-specific strong passwords out of a single easy to remember master password and domain specific keys such as "login@host".
The generated passwords are strong since they use 8 characters out of a 62 characters long alphabet (lowercase and uppercase letters + digits) that are not to be found in any dictionary.
You can always re-generate your passwords by taking the base 62 encoding of the sha1 hash of the concatenation of your master password and domain key.
Installation:
With setuptools:
easy_install -U virtualkeyring
Usage:
Use the interactive command-line tool vkr that should now be in your PATH, and type in you master password and domain key:
$ vkr
master password: mysecret
domain key [e.g. 'login@host']: foobar@example.com
your password is: hRnf6udB
please clean your console (ctrl-L) after usage
To generate passwords with length larger that 8 chars, for instance for an ssh key passphrase:
$ vkr -l 20
master password: mysecret
domain key [e.g. 'login@host']: foobar@id_rsa
your password is: ClRsTi3btiFhT1weDq0L
please clean your console (ctrl-L) after usage
To generate passwords for a specific alphabet:
$ vkr -a 42aAuUTt
master password: mysecret
domain key [e.g. 'login@host']: foobar@example.com
your password is: AatT2UAa
please clean your console (ctrl-L) after usage
Add your ssh key with virtualkeyring
Add a ssh key to your ssh-agent:
vkr-key
This will use your hostname as domain key. You can also set your domain key in ~/.virtualkeyring.
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Requirements:
· Python
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· hashlib support. add vkr-key script
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