Add passphrase-generator plugin #30
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This plugins generates passphrases using the [EFF's long wordlist][1]. Implements keeweb/keeweb#210. The functionality is currently very basic: it adds adds a preset to the password generator view called "passphrase", and lets you choose the number of space-seperated words to generate with the length slider. It ignores all the other options from the generator view. In the future, I'd like to improve the UX for the plugin by removing extraneous options from the generator view and allowing the user to save custom passphrase presets. I'd also like to add an option the change the word seperator, for example from ' ' to '-'. Currently, the wordlist is not compressed, since there is no decompression api exposed to plugins. However, even with compression, the wordlist would need to be stored in the plugin.js file, likely in base64, since plugins cannot access external resources. The uncompressed wordlist is 60KiB, while the deflate compressed list, encoded in base64, is 32KiB. [1]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases
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In order to implement some of the mentioned improvements, the plugins api would need to expose a few more things: To remove extraneous options from the generator view, either:
To compress the wordlist, either:
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I don't think this is polished enough to be an official plugin yet. I'll work on the new interfaces keeweb needs to polish this, then revisit it. |
Before this change, generator view options were static, so all generators needed to work with the same options. This change parameterizes the options, so that plugins can provide different sets of options for custom generators. In particular, this change enables hiding the default options for generators where it doesn't make sense, such as the passphrase generator in keeweb/keeweb-plugins#30.
By modifying these objects, both the generator view and the generator presets view are affected.
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Can now save passphrase presets with keeweb/keeweb#2002:
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I forgot to add an updated image of to generator view:
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Great minds think alike. I am just now seeing this. I have implemented a passphrase system into KeeWeb, as well as using a version of the EFF passphrase list which is also implemented by KeePassXC. The thing I didn't add were presets yet; because I'm juggling in my head if that popup box is going to last with all the settings and full functionality that needs added, or if I should just expand it. Still battling that one in my head. However, I also saw your other PR about making the generation settings modular, and I agree. I already started doing some work to it, but it definitely needs more. At present, it disables the checkboxes that make no sense so that you don't automatically just pop back to "custom". However, I'd like to take it deeper. I'll look at your other submission, and see what it offers and see if I can merge the differences. Right now it's just about stability and getting things back on track. |
This plugins generates passphrases using the EFF's long wordlist. Implements keeweb/keeweb#210.
The functionality is currently very basic: it adds adds a preset to the password generator view called "passphrase", and lets you choose the number of space-seperated words to generate with the length slider. It ignores all the other options from the generator view.
In the future, I'd like to improve the UX for the plugin by removing extraneous options from the generator view and allowing the user to save custom passphrase presets. I'd also like to add an option the change the word seperator, for example from ' ' to '-'.
Currently, the wordlist is not compressed, since there is no decompression api exposed to plugins. However, even with compression, the wordlist would need to be stored in the plugin.js file, likely in base64, since plugins cannot access external resources. The uncompressed wordlist is 60KiB, while the deflate compressed list, encoded in base64, is 32KiB.
Passphrase generator view: