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@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@ # Diceware -A simple tool to generate [diceware](http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html) +A simple command line tool to generate [diceware](http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html) passwords from diceware wordlists. +# Usage + +The program needs a word list file (which you can download from the link above) to +work. The command to generate a password using a wordlist named `diceware.wordlist.asc` is: + + $ diceware -d diceware.wordlist.asc + +If you need more or less words than the default, you can give the amount of words: + + $ diceware -d diceware.wordlist.asc -n 12 + +On non-windows systems you can select which device is used for random data: + + $ diceware -d diceware.wordlist.asc -r /dev/random + +The default source is `/dev/urandom`. On Windows the program uses the Windows cryptography +API (`CryptGenRandom` and friends). + # Building To build on a unixy system: |