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js password generator
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// Based on oi.js by Dan Kaminsky https://gist.github.com/PaulCapestany/6148566 | |
var base58alphabet = '123456789abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ'; | |
function millis() { return Date.now(); } | |
function flip_coin() { n=0; then = millis()+1; while(millis()<=then) { n=!n; } return n; } | |
function get_fair_bit() { while(1) { a=flip_coin(); if(a!=flip_coin()) { return(a); } } } | |
function get_random_6bit(){ n=0; bits=6; while(bits--){ n<<=1; n|=get_fair_bit(); } return n; } | |
function get_password(length) { | |
var password = ""; | |
var offset = 0; // offset allows us to go through the infinite alphabet thus minimizing bias towards lower characters. | |
length = (length ? length : 10) | |
while (password.length < length) | |
{ | |
offset = (offset + get_random_6bit()) % base58alphabet.length; | |
password += base58alphabet[offset]; | |
} | |
return password; | |
} | |
console.log(get_password(12)); |
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