More features, more security

Long time, no updates. I thought I was finally done, but I found some more things to do.

• Passwords are built natively as a SecureString in memory, then converted to a normal String, instead of the other way around. While the older version wasn't what I'd call insecure, this is a significant step forward. See pull request #5.
• A new -ExcludeCharacters parameter is now present. All characters present in the string will not be used in the generated password. Note that this only has an appreciable effect on random passwords. Idea suggested and tested by @wwc-trevor as pull request #6.
• Packaging improvements.

Full Changelog: v3.0.0...v3.1.0

Update-PSResource PSPasswordGenerator

Now even friendlier!

This version includes support for generating passwords consisting of random words. For example:

PS> Get-RandomPassword -Words 3 -WordList 'my-wordlist.txt'
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Supply your own wordlist. I'm going to look into bundling one.

It's already on PowerShell Gallery, so you may use:

Update-Module PSPasswordGenerator

Now with fewer spurious error messages!

This bug-fix release reduces the chance of you seeing a pointless error message. There are no user-visible changes, nor is the password generation algorithm affected.

Hello World! (Publicly)

This is the first public release of my password generator module, PSPasswordGenerator. It is already live in the PowerShell Gallery. Alternatively, you may download it here or from the GitHub Package Repository.

For help, do a Get-Help New-RandomPassword and/or Get-Help about_PSPasswordGenerator.