make lc passwd

We have hosted the application make lc passwd in order to run this application in our online workstations with Wine or directly.

Quick description about make lc passwd:

- Suggests multi-word passwords, so-called low-complexity passwords.
- Low-complexity passwords consist only of words, all in lowercase characters. (Lowercase characters can be typed on virtually any keyboard.)
- A low-complexity password is easy to memorize, in contrast to passwords that demand uppercase chars, digits, and special characters.
- Low-complexity passwords can be mathematically shown to be very strong, even in the face of very skeptic assumptions.
- The passwords consist of 4 words (default) of fixed length 6 (default). The word separator is '-' (default).
- The source of the words is the Linux system dictionary (about 100,000 words).
- The tool can give the entropy of the password scheme (calculated in a conservative way).
- It can also give the entropy of the dictionary the password scheme is based on (calculated in a conservative way).
- Its defaults can be shown via an option and can be modified with command line options and can be modified.

Features:

• suggests strong, low-complexity passwords
• Low-complexity passwords consist only of words in lowercase
• A low-complexity password is easy to memorize
• The tool can give the entropy of the password scheme
• The source of the words is the Linux system dictionary (about 100,000 words)

Audience: Information Technology, System Administrators, Security Professionals.
User interface: Command-line.
Programming Language: Unix Shell.
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