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.
