From d0291c2fb3743f4482d5a235ac03dbc6f16967a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Froman <beardog@firemail.cc>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:44:01 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Added passphrase generator script

---
 scripts/README.md               |  3 +++
 scripts/passphrase-generator.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/README.md
 create mode 100755 scripts/passphrase-generator.py

diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This directory contains useful scripts and utilities that don't make sense to include as official Onionr features.
+
+passphrase-generator.py: very simple utility to generate and print a strong passphrase to stdout. 256 bits of entropy by default.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/passphrase-generator.py b/scripts/passphrase-generator.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d0d98dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/passphrase-generator.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""Generate a 16 word passphase with 256 bits of entropy.
+
+Specify true to reduce to 128 bits"""
+
+
+import sys
+
+import niceware
+
+byte_count = 32  # 256 bits of entropy with niceware
+
+arg = False
+try:
+    arg = sys.argv[1].lower()
+    if arg == 'true':
+        byte_count = 16
+except IndexError: pass
+
+print(' '.join(niceware.generate_passphrase(byte_count)))