Text::Password::Pronounceable

NAME

Text::Password::Pronounceable − Generate pronounceable passwords

SYNOPSIS

  # Generate a pronounceable password that is between 6 and 10 characters.
  Text::Password::Pronounceable−>generate(6, 10);
  # Ditto
  my $pp = Text::Password::Pronounceable−>new(6, 10);
  $pp−>generate;

DESCRIPTION

This module generates pronuceable passwords, based the the English digraphs by D Edwards.

METHODS

  $pp = Text::Password::Pronounceable−>new($min, $max);

$pp = Text::Password::Pronounceable−>new($len);

Construct a password factory with length limits of $min and $max. Or create a password factory with fixed length if only one argument is provided.

generate

  $pp−>generate;
  $pp−>generate($len);
  $pp−>generate($min, $max);
  Text::Password::Pronounceable−>generate($len);
  Text::Password::Pronounceable−>generate($min, $max);

Generate password. If used as an instance method, arguments override the factory settings.

HISTORY

This code derived from mpw.pl, a bit of code with a sordid history.

LICENSE

Copyright 2006 by Best Practical Solutions, LLC .

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>