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PREREQUISITES

You need OpenSSL at least 0.9.7 OR cryptlib 3.1 or later.

HOW

Copy Makefile.proto to Makefile and edit it according to instructions found there.

USAGE

Read the secpwgen man page.

NOTE ON VERSIONING

Unlike many open-source packages, this program's versioning follows the normal DECIMAL NUMBER comparison rules: the following example shows the ordering of versions: 0.9 < 1.0 < 1.1 < 1.2 < 1.21 < 1.22xx < 1.3 (some time in the future) because the same relations hold for ordinary decimals.

TODO

Add an option to specify path to EGD socket. This will enable the program to provide secure passwords even on crippled systems (with no /dev/{u,}random) provided EGD (entropy gathering daemon) is running.

Call OpenSSL Win32 specific function to init the entropy pool.