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apg (automated password generator)
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apg generates random passwords according to several algorithms. The
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default algorithm is pronounceable password generation algorithm
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designed by Morrie Gasser and described in 'A Random Word Generator
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For Pronounceable Passwords (National Technical Information Service
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(NTIS) AD-A-017676)'.
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This SlackBuild by default patches apg to use /dev/urandom rather than
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/dev/random for generating random seeds, to avoid apg blocking while
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waiting for the kernel to gather more entropy. If you're worried about
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this being possibly insecure, first read:
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http://web.archive.org/web/20201109034537/https://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom/
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Then, if you remain unconvinced, you can run this script with
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URANDOM=no in the environment to use /dev/random. Remember, apg is
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only using this to generate *seeds* for its own built-in PRNG!
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