Sorry, I didn't express myself properly in the original mail. I'm looking to include such functionality in a Cocoa app. But the thing you point to is exactly what I want to implement.
Thanks, Martin On Jan 7, 2010, at 9:15 PM, Philip Ershler wrote: > > On Jan 7, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Martin Hewitson wrote: > >> Dear list, >> >> Is anybody aware of a reasonable algorithm or some code that can be used to >> test/check the strength of a password? I'd like to give a kind of score or a >> color (red,yellow,green). I've looked at cracklib, but that doesn't give a >> score, really. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Martin >> > > Yes, it's very simple. Open up the Accounts function in the System > Preferences on an OS X client machine (Leopard or SL, I'm too senile to > remember whether Tiger had this or not). Create a new user or just pick an > existing user (you can always cancel out of this) and click on change > password and then click the Key Icon nest to the password. You will get a > numerical score, red, yellow green rating and a suggestion for a stronger > password. > > HTH, > > Phil > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/martin.hewitson%40aei.mpg.de > > This email sent to [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Martin Hewitson Albert-Einstein-Institut Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik und Universitaet Hannover Callinstr. 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany Tel: +49-511-762-17121, Fax: +49-511-762-5861 E-Mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.aei.mpg.de/~hewitson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
