Refactored the generator to include a new config option, changed function signatures to follow the new structure, and renamed the function 'RandomString' to 'RandomStringFromCharRange' for clarity. Also, added a new mode and algorithm feature to enhance password generation. Furthermore, added several tests for new features and configurations. Adapted the CLI to use the new configuration approach. This refactoring was necessary to improve the customizability and clarity of the password generation process. Fixed minor issues and added '.gitignore' for clean commits in the future.
Even though the generated passwords are generated in a secure
way, there is a minimal chance, that the same password was used
by someone before and this password was part of a leak.
If you want to be on the safe side, you can now use the "-p"
parameter, to have your newly generated password against the
HIBP (https://haveibeenpwned.com) database. This feature is
disabled by default, since it requires internet access and also
the API call might take ~500ms to 1sec.
To address issue #13, the password length behaviour of the
original APG has been reproduced. Previously, when a minLength
of 5 and a maxLength of 10 was given, apg-go se the pwLength to
the preferred maxLength.
With v0.3.1 it will choose a random length between minLength and
maxLength instead, same as the original C-lang apg did. For this
the minLength has been defaulted to a sane value of 12 (instead
of the 8 of the original apg). The default for maxLength stayed
at 20.
Also the default number of generated passwords has been changed
from 1 to 6, to replicate the behaviour of the original apg.
- Added more special characters
- Fixed issue with ` character
- Added lots of tests
- Moved character range generation into it's own function
- Better error handling
- A bit of code cleanup