Paul Rubin wrote:
> IMO it's better to use words than strings of letters. Try something
> like (untested):
>
> import binascii,os
> short_words = [w.strip() for w in file('/usr/dict/words') if len(w) < 8]
> assert len(short_words) > 5000
> passphrase = []
>
> for i in range(2): # we will generate a 2-word phrase
> # generate a random 64 bit integer
> a = int(binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(8)), 16)
> passphrase.append(short_words[a % len(short_words)])
> passphrase = ' '.join(passphrase)
>
> If you want to use the phrase as a cryptography key, use 6 or so words
> instead of 2 words.
Indeed. I like to generate {64,128}-bit-strong passphrases using the RFC1751
module provided with pycrypto.
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