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| author | Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com> | 2015-10-30 06:45:39 +0100 |
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| committer | Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com> | 2015-10-30 06:45:39 +0100 |
| commit | 6176e596f7ef1d1b8175f7267dcc30a508a34147 (patch) | |
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| parent | search the blacklist using a variant of binary search (diff) | |
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update readme
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
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@@ -1,24 +1,8 @@ -passcheck is a tool that rates passphrases based on the strengths, -a highly rated passphrase is a string passphrase. +passcheck is a tool that rates passphrases based on the strengths. +High rates equal strong passphrases. Zero equals blacklisted, this, +a leak password, a word from a dictionary, or a name. Personally I suggest not using any passphrases rated below 300. -The program parses each line (must end exactly with one UNIX line break) -as a passphrase and puts the (positive integer) rating before the passphrase -seperated with one blankspace. - -The program supports colour in the passphrase and ignores them unless ---raw (or -r) is used as an option. This is done because colours cannot -be copied from any regular terminal. - -Passphrases are read from stdin and the rating followed by the passphrase -for each passphrases is written to stdout, and stderr is quited unless the -program files. - -You may want to pipe stdout to `sort -n` to get the strongest passphrase -at the bottom. - -Currently, evaluation based on grammar is not made, so please manually -change that the passphrase you choose does not form a grammatically -correct sentence, and preferably, not even in part. +Read the info manual for more information. |