NAME
    App::Genpass - Quickly create secure passwords

VERSION
    Version 0.05

SYNOPSIS
        use App::Genpass;

        my $genpass = App::Genpass->new();
        print $genpass->generate, "\n";

        $genpass = App::Genpass->new( readable => 0, length => 20 );
        print "$_\n" for $genpass->generate(10);

DESCRIPTION
    If you've ever needed to create 10 (or even 10,000) passwords on the fly
    with varying preferences (lowercase, uppercase, no confusing characters,
    special characters, minimum length, etc.), you know it can become a
    pretty pesky task.

    This script makes it possible to create flexible and secure passwords,
    quickly and easily.

        use App::Genpass;
        my $genpass = App::Genpass->new();

        my $single_password    = $genpass->generate(1);  # returns scalar
        my @single_password    = $genpass->generate(1);  # returns array
        my @multiple_passwords = $genpass->generate(10); # returns array again
        my $multiple_passwords = $genpass->generate(10); # returns arrayref

SUBROUTINES/METHODS
  new
    Creates a new instance. It gets a lot of options.

   flags
    These are boolean flags which change the way App::Genpass works.

    readable
        Use only readable characters, excluding confusing characters: "o",
        "O", "0", "l", "1", "I".

        You can overwrite what characters are considered unreadable under
        "character attributes" below.

        Default: on.

    special
        Include special characters: "!", "@", "#", "$", "%", "^", "&", "*",
        "(", ")"

        Default: on.

    verify
        Verify that every type of character wanted (lowercase, uppercase,
        numerical, specials, etc.) are present in the password. This makes
        it just a tad slower, but it guarantees the result. Best keep it on.

        Default: on.

   attributes
    length
        How long will the passwords be.

        Default: 10.

   character attributes
    These are the attributes that control the types of characters. One can
    change which lowercase characters will be used or whether they will be
    used at all, for example.

        # only a,b,c,d,e,g will be consdered lowercase and no uppercase at all
        my $gp = App::Genpass->new( lowercase => [ 'a' .. 'g' ], uppercase => [] );

    lowercase
        All lowercase characters, excluding those that are considered
        unreadable if the readable flag (described above) is turned on.

        Default: [ 'a' .. 'z' ] (not including excluded chars).

    uppercase
        All uppercase characters, excluding those that are considered
        unreadable if the readable flag (described above) is turned on.

        Default: [ 'A' .. 'Z' ] (not including excluded chars).

    numerical
        All numerical characters, excluding those that are considered
        unreadable if the readable flag (described above) is turned on.

        Default: [ '0' .. '9' ] (not including excluded chars).

    unreadable
        All characters which are considered (to me) unreadable. You can
        change this to what you consider unreadable characters. For example:

            my $gp = App::Genpass->new( unreadable => [ qw(jlvV) ] );

        After all the characters are set, unreadable characters will be
        removed from all sets.

        Thus, unreadable characters override all other sets. You can make
        unreadable characters not count by using the <code>readable =>
        0</code> option, described by the *readable* flag above.

    specials
        All special characters.

        Default: [ '!', '@', '#', '$', '%', '^', '&', '*', '(', ')' ].

        (not including excluded chars)

  generate
    This method generates the password or passwords.

    It accepts only one parameter, which is how many passwords to generate.

        $gp = App::Genpass->new();
        my @passwords = $gp->generate(300); # 300 passwords to go

    This method tries to be tricky and DWIM (or rather, DWYM). That is, if
    you request it to generate only one password and use a scalar (<code>my
    $p = $gp->generate(1)</code>), it will return a single password.

    However, if you try to generate multiple passwords and use a scalar
    (<code>my $p = $gp->generate(30)</code>), it will return an arrayref for
    the passwords.

    Generating passwords with arrays (<code>my @p =
    $gp->generate(...)</code>) will always return an array of the passwords,
    even if it's a single password.

AUTHOR
    Sawyer X, "<xsawyerx at cpan.org>"

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-app-genpass at
    rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=App-Genpass>. I will be
    notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your
    bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc App::Genpass

    You can also look for information at:

    *   Github: App::Genpass repository

        <http://github.com/xsawyerx/app-genpass>

    *   RT: CPAN's request tracker

        <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=App-Genpass>

    *   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

        <http://annocpan.org/dist/App-Genpass>

    *   CPAN Ratings

        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/App-Genpass>

    *   Search CPAN

        <http://search.cpan.org/dist/App-Genpass/>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2009 Sawyer X.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
    by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

    See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.