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# apg
An automated password generator for Amiga OS
apg generates several random passwords. It uses several password generation
algorithms (currently two) and a built-in pseudo random number generator.
Default algorithm is pronounceable password generation algorithm designed
by Morrie Gasser and described in A Random Word Generator For Pronounceable
Passwords National Technical Information Service (NTIS) AD-A-017676. The
original paper is very old and had never been put online, so I have to use
NIST implementation described in FIPS-181.
Another algorithm is simple random character generation algorithm, but it
uses four user-defined symbol sets to produce random password. It means
that user can choose type of symbols that should appear in password. Symbol
sets are: numeric symbol set (0,...,9) , capital letters symbol set
(A,...,Z) , small letters symbol set (a,...,z) and special symbols symbol
set (#, at ,!,...).
Built-in pseudo random number generator is an implementation of algorithm
described in Appendix C of ANSI X9.17 or RFC1750 with exception that it
uses CAST or SHA-1 instead of Triple DES. It uses local time with preci-
sion of microseconds and random device (if available) to produce initial
random seed.