Generate a strong secret from the shell

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A good tool to generate strong passwords and secrets is "apg". You can get it with

sudo apt-get install apg

To create a strong secret for sessions, hashed Paperclip paths, etc. say

apg -m128 -a1 -E\'\"

Arguments explained:

  • The -m parameter defines the secret length
  • -a1 makes apg choose from all 7-bit ASCII characters instead of just the alphabet
  • -E\'\" excludes quote characters so you can easily paste the secret into a Ruby string
Henning Koch
Last edit
About 7 years ago
Keywords
console, passphrase, generator
License
Source code in this card is licensed under the MIT License.
Posted by Henning Koch to makandra dev (2010-09-30 12:28)