You'll find this javascript to do EXACTLY what you want. http://sarat.pediredla.name/2005/06/10/password-validator/#comments
I use it in a few places internally with very similar requirements to yours. Of course that only does client side validation. You'll have to write your own CF side validation - particularly for #3. You probabyl won't find any specific code since what you're asking is really just a query and some if statements. Rick On 2/8/07, Steve LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I need to validate for a strong password with the following requirements: > > > > 1. Must be at least 8 characters in length (127 characters max) > > 2. Must contain at least three (3) of the four (4) following types of > characters: > > a. Uppercase letters > > b. Lowercase letters > > c. Numbers > > d. Special characters (such as _ # @ $ ^ *) > > 3. Must not be the same as any of the previous three passwords used > > > > Steve LaBadie, Web Manager > East Stroudsburg University > 200 Prospect St. > East Stroudsburg, Pa 18301 > 570-422-3999 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.esu.edu <http://www3.esu.edu> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:269206 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
