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DisPass is in alpha state and is not released yet. Features are getting added/tested and all code is subject to change. Version 0.1 will be released when it's ready. Meanwhile you can visit the project at Bitbucket https://bitbucket.org/babab/dispass 

To clone the mercurial repository you can use

   $ hg clone https://babab@bitbucket.org/babab/dispass

Documentation drafts

DisPass is a passphrase generator for Windows and Unix / Linux. You can use it to create unique passwords for logging in to websites, servers or any other kind of thing that requires login. DisPass does not keep your passwords in a database but rather lets you generate a unique passphrase formed from a master password and a label. It is a command line app, but also has a simple graphical interface.

  • label

    The label is a string that you use to identify the password. i.e. this can be a domainname of the service the password is used for like 'google.com'.

  • password

    This is a master password that, together with the label is used to generate the passphrase.

Downloading DisPass

DisPass is distributed in three flavors:

  1. The complete package with the DisPass python module, setup and runner scripts and files needed for building the (multilingual) documentation

  2. Single python module (dispass.py)

  3. Freezed application

    DisPass, the Python interpreter and all dependencies freezed into one executable file. Bigger filesize, but useful on systems without a supported version of Python.

You can download the files from this page:

For the latest development version of DisPass, download:

Installing (Unix/Linux)

There are multiple ways of using dispass and also several options on how and where to place the files of dispass on your system.

  • If Python 2.5 or higher is installed on your system

    1. Installing with the use of Python's distutils

      Download the latest version from https://bitbucket.org/babab/dispass/downloads Extract the archive and cd to the dispass folder. Now run 'python setup.py install' This will install the dispass module in python's dist-packages folder. You can now run dispass using the 'dispass' and 'gdispass' scripts placed under '/usr/local/bin/' or '/usr/bin/'.

    2. Manual install to /usr/local/bin or a different directory

      The file 'dispass.py' is a single python module and it is the only file you really need to use dispass. You can manually copy it to /home/bin/ or /usr/local/bin/ and give it exec rights with chmod.

  • If Python is not installed on your system / Freezed application

    No info yet.

Installing (Windows)

No info yet.

Using the command line app (Unix/Linux)

Usage:

DisPass 0.1a6(posix) - http://babab.nl/p/dispass

When DisPass is executed as 'gdispass' or 'dispass -g',
the graphical version will be started.

USAGE: dispass [-co] label [label2] [label3] [...]
       dispass -g | -h | -V
       gdispass

Options:
-c, --create    use if this passphrase is new (check input PW)
-g, --gui       start guided graphical version of DisPass
-h, --help      show this help and exit
-o, --output    output passphrases to stdout (instead of the
                more secure way of displaying via curses)
-V, --version   show full version information and exit

Using the command line app (Windows)

Usage:

DisPass 0.1a6(nt) - http://babab.nl/p/dispass

When DisPass is started without arguments, the graphical
version will be started. To use the command line,
submit one or more labels.

USAGE: dispass [options] [label] [label2] [label3] [...]

Options:
-c, --create    use if this passphrase is new (check input PW)
-h, --help      show this help and exit
-V, --version   show full version information and exit

Using the graphical version

No info yet.

Software license

Copyright (c) 2011 Benjamin Althues <benjamin@babab.nl>

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.