APG (Automated Password Generator)

NEWS:

01/09/2003 - Released APG v2.2.3. Fixed version info(-v).
01/09/2003 - Released APG v2.2.2. Some code cleanup.
09/08/2003 - Released APG v2.3.0b. Cracklib support. Improved Makefile. Improved manpages.
03/08/2003 - Released APG v2.2.0. Some new features. Some code cleanup.
16/09/2002 - Released APG v2.1.0. Some code cleanup.

What is APG ?

APG (Automated Password Generator) is the tool set for random password generation

Features

Standalone version
Generates some random words of required type and prints them to standard output.

Nerwork version

APG server
When client's request is arrived generates some random words of predefined type and send them to client over the network (according to RFC0972).

APG client
Sends the password generation request to the APG server, wait for generated Passwords arrival and then prints them to the standard output.

Advantages

• Built-in ANSI X9.17 RNG (Random Number Generator)(CAST/SHA1)
• Built-in password quality checking system (it has support for Bloom filter for faster access)
• Two Password Generation Algorithms:
  1. Pronounceable Password Generation Algorithm (according to NIST FIPS 181)
  2. Random Character Password Generation Algorithm with 27 (35 for APG >= 2.0.0b0) configurable modes of operation
• Configurable password length parameters
• Configurable amount of generated passwords
• Ability to initialize RNG with user string
• Support for /dev/random
• Ability to crypt() generated passwords and print them as additional output.
• Special parameters to use APG in script
• Ability to log password generation requests for network version
• Ability to control APG service access using tcpd
• Ability to use password generation service from any type of box (Mac, WinXX, etc.) that connected to network
• Ability to enforce remote users to use only allowed type of password generation

Supported Platforms

I think you can use APG on any *NIX platform.

	v1.2.0	v1.2.13	>=v2.2.0
Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes
FreeBSD	Yes	Yes	Yes
NetBSD	Not tested	Yes	Should work
OpenBSD	Not tested	Not tested	Yes
Solaris 8 Intel+gcc 2.95.2	Yes	Yes	Yes
Solaris 8 SPARC +gcc 2.95.2	Yes	Yes	Yes
HP-UX 11.00+gcc	Not tested	Yes	Yes
HP-UX 10.20+HP ANSI C compiler	Not tested	Yes	Should work
HP-UX 11.00+HP ANSI C compiler	Not tested	Yes	Should work
IRIX 6.5.8+gcc 2.95.2	Not tested	Yes	Should work
AIX 4.3/5.1+gcc/native cc	Not tested	Yes	Yes
Mac OS 10.1.5, Darwin PPC 5.5, Fink 0.4.0	Not tested	Not tested	Yes
Win 9x/Me/2000+CYGWIN	Yes	Yes	Yes
Win 9x/Me/2000+CYGWIN*.DLL	Yes	Yes	Yes
Win 9x/Me/2000 (wapg)	No	No	Yes
QNX RTP 6.0	No	No	Yes