[gentoo-user] Password strength checker
Dear everyone, I'm looking for a Linux password strength checker, and so far I found this GPLed Java-Script-based solution [1]. Could you please suggest other utilities to test the strength of passwords? Regards, Liviu PS I'm curious whether such a JS password strength checker can be ebuilt and included in Portage. [1] http://www.passwordmeter.com/ -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
Re: [gentoo-user] Password strength checker
On Saturday 4 October 2008, 10:50, Liviu Andronic wrote: Dear everyone, I'm looking for a Linux password strength checker, and so far I found this GPLed Java-Script-based solution [1]. Could you please suggest other utilities to test the strength of passwords? If you are concerned that users do not choose weak passwords, you can use pam_cracklib to make the passwd program enforce constraints on the passwords. A portage search reveals pam_passwdqc and john the ripper.
Re: [gentoo-user] Password strength checker
On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 10:50 +0200, Liviu Andronic wrote: Dear everyone, I'm looking for a Linux password strength checker, and so far I found this GPLed Java-Script-based solution [1]. Could you please suggest other utilities to test the strength of passwords? Regards, Liviu Revelation, the password manager, has a python function that can be used to check passwords. It's in the util.py module. It also can utilize cracklib.
