jpwgen For Mac

jpwgen is a Java-based password generator that can be used as a command line program or as a library.

The implemented functionality resembles the one provided by the popular pwgen program. The *nix version of pwgen is available at pwgen . The basic idea is in generating passwords that although relatively easy to remember are complex enough for real-life usage.

jpwgen uses 100% Java and is thus platform independent. It extends the pwgen functionality by the utilizing regular expressions for checking different types of conditions such as whether a password starts with a symbol or not, with a digit or not and so on.

jpwgen supports blacklists and different types of secure random generators. As an embedded library it can be employed in the process of password generation against certain password policies or for password suggestion services.

jpwgen utilizes a predefined set of vowels and consonants that are brought together by an iterative algorithm. The concept of dipthong is also used which can represent a consonant or a vowel. Typical examples of dipthongs are ei for vowels and - th for consonants.

Various algorithms for random generation can be used for feeding the process of password generation. This ensures unique password creation.

By default two filters are registered when jpwgen is started. The first one is an empty black-list filter. It can be used to filter out forbidden predefined passwords(such as qwerty ).

The second one is based on regular expressions and uses frequently utilized rules for filtering passwords such as the number of contained symbols, digits and so on.

NOTE: jpwgen is licensed and distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).