me.gosimple.nbvcxz

Class Nbvcxz

java.lang.Object

me.gosimple.nbvcxz.Nbvcxz

public class Nbvcxz
extends Object

This class allows you to do estimates on passwords. It can be instantiated and configured once, and the same instance should be used for subsequent password estimates.

Author:

Adam Brusselback

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Nbvcxz() Creates new instance with a default configuration.
Nbvcxz(Configuration configuration) Creates a new instance with a custom configuration.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Result	estimate(String password) Guess the entropy of a password with the configuration provided.
Configuration	getConfiguration() Gets the current configuration.
static Double	getEntropyFromGuesses(BigDecimal guesses) Gets the entropy from the number of guesses passed in.
static BigDecimal	getGuessesFromEntropy(Double entropy) Gets the number of guesses from the entropy passed in.
static void	main(String... args) Console application which will run with default configurations.
void	setConfiguration(Configuration configuration) Sets the configuration.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Nbvcxz

public Nbvcxz()

Creates new instance with a default configuration.

Nbvcxz

public Nbvcxz(Configuration configuration)

Creates a new instance with a custom configuration.

Parameters:

configuration - a Configuration to be used in all estimates.

Method Detail

getEntropyFromGuesses

public static Double getEntropyFromGuesses(BigDecimal guesses)

Gets the entropy from the number of guesses passed in.

Parameters:

guesses - a BigDecimal representing the number of guesses.

Returns:

entropy Double that is calculated based on the guesses.

getGuessesFromEntropy

public static BigDecimal getGuessesFromEntropy(Double entropy)

Gets the number of guesses from the entropy passed in.

Parameters:

entropy - a Double representing the number of guesses.

Returns:

guesses BigDecimal that is calculated based on the entropy.

main

public static void main(String... args)

Console application which will run with default configurations.

Parameters:

args - arguments which are ignored!

getConfiguration

public Configuration getConfiguration()

Gets the current configuration.

Returns:

returns Configuration

setConfiguration

public void setConfiguration(Configuration configuration)

Sets the configuration.

Parameters:

configuration - a Configuration to be used in all estimates.

estimate

public Result estimate(String password)

Guess the entropy of a password with the configuration provided.

Parameters:

password - The password you would like to attempt to estimate on.

Returns:

Result object that contains info about the password.