gegelendvay/password-generator

A demo of a highly customizable Python password generator, offering wide-ranging flexibility in password creation.

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Feature: Calculate Password Entropy

Description

Add a function that returns an estimated time needed to crack the generated password, taking into account the character sets used and the length of the password. Overhaul the current strength checker, to utilize an entropy score for password strength assessment.

Steps For Calculating Entropy

1. Calculate the total number of possible passwords that can be generated using the selected character set and password length.
2. Determine the time it would take to crack the password.
3. Calculate the number of bits of entropy per character.
4. Based on the entropy score obtained in step 3, assign the password to a corresponding strength category.

Constraints

• Assume that the attacker has access to a single computer.
• The attacker's computer is capable of generating 5 million passwords per second.
• The attacker can guess the correct password after exploring 80% of all possible combinations.

For detailed explanations and a password strength category table, refer to the following resources:

• GeeksforGeeks: Password Entropy in Cryptography
• Baeldung: Password Entropy