Ruby/Password

Ruby/Password is a robust software suite that offers various password handling methods for Ruby. This software provides users with the capability to manually input passwords from the keyboard in both buffered and unbuffered modes. It also supports password strength checking, random password generation, phonemic password generation, and encryption of passwords.

One feature that stands out in this software is CrackLib, which adds an extra layer of security by performing hundreds of tests to determine whether you have chosen a bad password. It generates words from your username and GECOS entry and then tries to match them against the password you've selected. Additionally, it checks for simplistic patterns and tries to reverse-engineer your password into a dictionary, searching for it in your dictionary. Following all these measures, it's highly likely that your password will be safe.

This software is designed primarily for system administrators who need to write Ruby programs that utilize password handling methods for password verification, generation, and encryption. To run the software, you’ll need the ruby-termios package installed.

In the latest release, packer.h is no longer used when building while crack.h is now compulsory. These changes fix build problems on Fedora Core 4 and other systems. Anyone looking for a reliable password handling library for Ruby should definitely give Ruby/Password a try.