Elocrypt

Elocrypt is a Haskell library that generates pronounceable, hard-to-guess passwords.. as hard as Vince Carter's knee cartilage is. Elocrypt includes a library and program.

Downloading

Elocrypt sources can be found @ https://github.com/sgillespie/elocrypt

Building

In order to build or install you will need

• GHC (tested on 7.10 and 7.8)
• cabal-install (tested on 1.20 and 1.22)

Build elocrypt:

cabal configure
cabal build

Then, install (if desired):

cabal install

Running

Running elocrypt is as simple as...

elocrypt [length]

API Documentation

The full API documentation is generated by haddock

cabal haddock

API Examples

You can use elocrypt to generate words in any Haskell code, so long as you have installed elocrypt. Generate a word by using Elocrypt.Password.generate

import Data.Elocrypt
...
-- Generate a word of length 10
fooGen :: IO String
fooGen = newPassword 10 `liftM` getStdGen

Alternatively, you can use Elocrypt.Password.mkPassword if you want to complete control of the random monad

import Data.Elocrypt
import Control.Monad.Random
...
-- Generate a word of length 10
fooGen' :: IO String
fooGen' = evalRand (mkPassword 10) `liftM` getStdGen

Authors

Sean Gillespie sean@mistersg.net

Credits

Thanks to Tom Van Vleck for creating a 3rd order english approximation password generator. Elocrypt is based on his javascript generator @ http://www.multicians.org/thvv/gpw-js.html

Copying

You can use this source for any reason, provided that you:

• Let Tom Van Vleck know you are using it: http://www.multicians.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/thvv/squirnet.cgi
• Share your source freely
• Give Tom Van Vleck, and all the other pioneers, if you use the data or algorithms. (A link to http://www.multicians.org/thvv/gpw-js.html is sufficient
• Use a compatible license

Please see LICENSE for all details