Re: [dpass] - passcodes instead of passwords for symmetric encryption

Stefan Claas <[email protected]>
Newsgroups sci.crypt,alt.cypherpunks
Organization To protect and to server
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Stefan Claas wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> while playing with TOTP https://github.com/706f6c6c7578/TOTP I thought
> it may be useful to have an option to generate deterministic passcoded,
> valid for 24 hrs, instead of using passwords, for symmetric encryption.
> 
> $ dpass -h
> Usage: dpass [options]
> 
> Options:
>   -p string
>         Shared password for deterministic passcode generation
>   -s string
>         Shared salt for deterministic passcode generation
>   -l int
>         Length of the generated passcode (Default 16)
>   -h
>         Show this help message and exit
> 
> $ dpass
> Enter the shared password: test
> Enter the shared salt: test
> Passcode (16 characters): 4PFVCHS4DMZTPAZG
> Valid from 2025-02-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-02-23 23:59:59 UTC.
> 
> What do you think about using passcodes for symmetric encryption?

Forgot URL, sorry: https://github.com/706f6c6c7578/dpass

Regards
Stefan

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