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PWGen is a password generator capable of creating large amounts of cryptographically-secure passwords or passphrases (from word lists). It uses a random pool to gather entropy from user inputs and system parameters. Offers text encryption, too.
Program features in detail
- Password generation based on a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator (AES algorithm)
- Entropy gathering by measuring time intervals between keystrokes, mouse movements and mouse clicks; entropy from system-specific parameters is also collected in regular time intervals
- Secure memory management: memory allocated by the program is filled with binary zeros before deallocation
- Generation of passphrases composed of words from a word list
- Generation of large amounts of passwords (up to 32,767 at once)
- Secure text encryption (AES with 256-bit key)
- Multilingual support
- Runs on all 32-bit Windows versions (9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7)
News
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PWGen 2.03 released
2009-11-04
Version 2.03 features a new password option “Exclude repeating consecutive characters” which ensures that each character in the password will be different from the previous one. Furthermore, the word list field has been transformed into a drop-down list.
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New website!
2009-09-30
The new design should be cleaner, clearer and more structured than the old rudimental one. And it’s good-looking, at last! Thanks to Alan for his support!
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PWGen 2.02 released
2009-05-28
Version 2.02 features some new “Advanced Password Options” as well as one major bugfix.
