SPG - Simple Password Generator
I have been using unique passwords for (almost) all the websites I have accounts on, and have a handy script to do the task for me. The idea is simple and came from a
comment on a blog post. You just need to remember one secret passphrase. Every time you need a unique password, append that secret to a unique string identifying the use (the website URL, or the domain name), hash the result and use the first n characters of it as the password. Unique, and there's only one thing to remember.
The script is useful enough, and I'm finally getting around to releasing it. There are other password generators (like
Crypt::RandPasswd,
Data::SimplePassword,
String::MkPasswd,
Text::Password::Pronounceable,
Crypt::PassGen etc.), but they focus on creating random passwords - leaving it upon the user to manage and remember them.
This might be useful as a firefox extension as well. I eventually plan to convert it to one, but if someone else wants to do it, or has already done so - even better. It's a very simple idea, and I'm sure it can be implemented purely in chrome/javascript.
I need a place to announce it and I will let this be that place.