Hayasaka

Hayasaka generates secure keys from your command line.

Installation

$ npm i hayasaka -g

You must install Hayasaka globally to be able to use it from the command line.

Options

• -s, --strength: The strength of the key(s). See Key Strengths.
• -n, --number: The number of keys to generate. Defaults to, and must be at least, 1.
• -c, --copy: Copy the key to the clipboard.
• -f, --file: The file to write the key to.
• -r, --redact: Redact the key from the console.
• -h, --help: Show the help message.

Key Strengths

Hayasaka supports 10 key strengths - four "standard" strengths and six "special" strengths.

Standard Strengths

| Strength | Description | Length | Example | URL Safe? | |--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------| | decent | Short keys suitable for securing your personal devices. | 10 | 1SVVvjDwsN | Yes | | good | More robust keys, suitable for securing things like web hosting accounts. | 15 | M%:?!J2+CjGifL* | No | | great | Very robust keys, suitable for administrative passwords or almost anything else. | 30 | 8$A>Blm?dzkzEPa0!8HET)rNe2'LS_ | No | | epic | Extremely robust keys, suitable for any 256-bit key requirement that cannot be satisfied by the previous strengths. | 32 | bPXapgKhC9PMXkxNwAvSjA54gBVnA7kn | Yes |

Special Strengths

| Strength | Description | Length | Example | URL Safe? | |--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------| | wpa160 | 160-bit WPA encryption keys. | 20 | u}EE_BWvir>Xt&&#124;6&#124;D[</code> | No | | wpa504 | 504-bit WPA encryption keys. | 63 | <code>=sK(g,<L?q&#124;$M^VMOuaBMe-D*<==13L59N5S0,DX4\zDBRz[4S>PP_p$p4`P(EG | No | | wep64 | 64-bit WEP encryption keys. | 5 | C116B | Yes | | wep152 | 152-bit WEP encryption keys. | 16 | B7F7783BBBE5F9DE | Yes | | wep256 | 256-bit WEP encryption keys. | 29 | 1A9C47C8A924D69F17EFD991A532C | Yes |

Examples

Generate a decent key:

$ hayasaka -s decent

Generate a good key and copy it to the clipboard:

$ hayasaka -s good -c

Generate a great key, copy it to the clipboard, and redact it from the console:

$ hayasaka -s great -c -r

Generate five epic keys and write them to keys.txt:

$ hayasaka -s epic -n 5 -f keys.txt

Acknowledgements

Hayasaka uses a substantial amount of code from RandomKeygen.

License

Haysaka is licensed under the MIT License.