README
1NAME
2 Text::Password::Pronounceable - Generate pronounceable passwords
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4SYNOPSIS
5 # Generate a pronounceable password that is between 6 and 10 characters.
6 Text::Password::Pronounceable->generate(6, 10);
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8 # Ditto
9 my $pp = Text::Password::Pronounceable->new(6, 10);
10 $pp->generate;
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12DESCRIPTION
13 This module generates pronuceable passwords, based the the English
14 digraphs by D Edwards.
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16 METHODS
17 new
18 $pp = Text::Password::Pronounceable->new($min, $max);
19 $pp = Text::Password::Pronounceable->new($len);
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21 Construct a password factory with length limits of $min and $max. Or
22 create a password factory with fixed length if only one argument is
23 provided.
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25 generate
26 $pp->generate;
27 $pp->generate($len);
28 $pp->generate($min, $max);
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30 Text::Password::Pronounceable->generate($len);
31 Text::Password::Pronounceable->generate($min, $max);
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33 Generate password. If used as an instance method, arguments override
34 the factory settings.
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36HISTORY
37 This code derived from mpw.pl, a bit of code with a sordid history.
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39 * CPAN module by Chia-liang Kao 9/11/2006.
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41 * Perl cleaned up a bit by Jesse Vincent 1/14/2001.
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43 * Converted to perl from C by Marc Horowitz, 1/20/2000.
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45 * Converted to C from Multics PL/I by Bill Sommerfeld, 4/21/86.
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47 * Original PL/I version provided by Jerry Saltzer.
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49LICENSE
50 Copyright 2006 by Best Practical Solutions, LLC.
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52 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
53 under the same terms as Perl itself.
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55 See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
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