asdlei99 / password_scrambler

Password scrambler - small util to make your easy passwords complicated!

Password scrambler

Small utility to generate complicated passwords
(see also the GUI edition: https://hasherezade.github.io/passcrambler/ )

Benefits:

• You get more secure password- long, not from dictionary, etc i.e 'txork9Zfa8yXc_lMbb1LCHPZIH7wE1'
  
• Yet, you don't have to remeber it - you must remember only your easy password and document that you used as a generation base
  
• You may reuse the easy password and the base file - still, for different login@domain you will get a totally new long password
• It is not saving your complicated password anywhere, so nobody can steal it and decrypt - it generates it by hasing function and you just need to copy it and login where you want
  
• Open source, written in python - nothing is hidden under the hood, everyone can review it before using and make custom changes in code
  

How it works:

./passcrambler.py --help
usage: passcrambler.py [-h] --file FILE --login LOGIN [--special SPECIAL]
                       [--length LENGTH] [--clip] [--scramble-func FUNC]

Password scrambler

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --file FILE           File used to initialize generation
  --login LOGIN         Login for which you want to use the password
  --special SPECIAL     Whitelist of special characters (e.g. '_&#'), default='_&#'
  --length LENGTH       Length of the password, default=30
  --clip                Copy the generated password into the clipboard instead
                        of displaying
  --scramble-func       {blake2b,blake2s,md5,sha1,sha224,sha256,sha384,sha3_224,
                         sha3_256,sha3_384,sha3_512,sha512,shake_128,shake_256}
                        Hashing function to use for input data scrambling, default=md5

example:

./passcrambler.py --file MyPhoto.jpg --login [email protected]
Password: _password123_
---
txork9Zfa8yXc_lMbb1LCHPZIH7wE1
---

Typical scenario:

• I need to generate a new password i.e. for my e-mail
• I have to prepare 2 things : an easy password, that I will remember and some document, that I have to keep safe without changes
• I deploy password scrambler giving as an input my login and a document
• I am prompted for the easy password, so I type it
• I copy generated password and change it in my e-mail service
• Wherever I need to re-login I just deploy scrambler with same parameters, and it will regenerate the same hash