GNU gnu-pw-mgr "manages" passwords by re-computing them on demand.
It does an sha256 sum of a long, unguessable string stored in a
protected file conjoined with a never-recorded private permutation of
a domain name. The result is cropped and twiddled in repeatable ways
to satisfy the password requirements of the intended web site.
By basing the check sum on a permutation of a domain, it winds up
easier to have different passwords for different domains than to
overuse a single password.
Since its initial release, none of the algorithms have changed, so
previously created passwords will still be produced by this modified
program. That includes this "major" new release.
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-pw-mgr/manual/html_node/sharing-passwords.html
New in 2.0 - May, 2016
* A new option --shared to implement sharing passwords.
This allows shared logins with secure passwords and still
keeps all the other passwords very secret. See the docs for
the rationale and usage.
online docs:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-pw-mgr/manual/html_node/index.html
gnu-pw-id home: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-pw-mgr/
primary ftp: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-pw-mgr/
.tar.gz: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-pw-mgr/gnu-pw-mgr-2.0.tar.gz
bug reports: bug-gnu-pw-mgr at the usual GNU domain
bug archive: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-pw-mgr
maintainer: Bruce Korb - bkorb at the usual GNU domain
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