12 releases (1 stable)
| 1.0.0 | May 20, 2022 |
|---|---|
| 0.3.3 | Apr 15, 2022 |
| 0.3.2 | Jan 17, 2022 |
| 0.2.4 | Nov 29, 2021 |
| 0.1.1 | Nov 28, 2021 |
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paspio
paspio, short for pasvorta entropio, is a password entropy calculator/library.
What is password entropy?
The entropy of a password measures its unpredictability against brute force attacks in terms of bits, other common techniques of password cracking include dictionary attacks, which this tool does not cover.
Notice
This tool has not been audited by any third-party entities, and I am in no way a certified expert in the security field. Use this software at your own risk.
Limitations
This tool doesn't cover the use of emojis, or any other character sets besides the latin alphabet, see "How does it calculate entropy" for more information.
What is this tool useful for?
paspio solves the simple need of verifying password entropy locally.
How does it calculate entropy?
Entropy = L * log2(R)
| Symbol set | Elements | Cardinality | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowercase latin letters | [a-z] | 26 | |
| Uppercase latin letters | [A-Z] | 26 | |
| Digits | [0-9] | 10 | |
| Symbols | !"#$%&'()*+,-.:;<=>?@[]^_`{/|\} | 32 | Whitespace included |
Where:
Lis the length of the password.Ris the sum of the cardinality of each set a password exists in.
Usage
As a program
Pass one or more passwords to paspio to get their entropy.
paspio "liuLe9ohjub8hu2ie" # 101.22 bits
Pipe a pwgen-generated password to paspio.
pwgen -sync 20 1 | paspio # 137.65 bits
As a library
Add the following to your project's Cargo.toml:
paspio = "0.3"
Installation
Cargo
cargo install paspio
Arch User Repository
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paspio-git.git
cd paspio-git
makepkg -si
Build from source
git clone https://git.sr.ht/~grtcdr/paspio
cd paspio
cargo build --release
Acknowledgements
- Thank you to Federico Torrielli for shipping and maintaining paspio in the Arch User Repository.