Public bug reported: When validating passwords, there is is a check against an array of really bad passwords: https://gitorious.org/mahara/mahara/blobs/f7d9a23f0744f719fc7f75bd5d740eef6ae4d055/htdocs/auth/lib.php#line1606
Currently the collection of bad passwords is really small. It could be expanded. Some resources are: http://www.dragonresearchgroup.org/insight/sshpwauth-cloud.html http://img.sjbn.co/files/500-most-used-passwords-show-as-a-tag-cloud.gif http://www.skullsecurity.org/wiki/index.php/Passwords There should be more than one level of filtering bad passwords. Some, such as the current suckypasswords collection, should be forced. There should also be an optional blacklist based on the resources above. ** Affects: mahara Importance: Wishlist Status: Triaged ** Changed in: mahara Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Core, which is subscribed to Mahara. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/844457 Title: suckypasswords check is very limited, could be expanded Status in Mahara ePortfolio: Triaged Bug description: When validating passwords, there is is a check against an array of really bad passwords: https://gitorious.org/mahara/mahara/blobs/f7d9a23f0744f719fc7f75bd5d740eef6ae4d055/htdocs/auth/lib.php#line1606 Currently the collection of bad passwords is really small. It could be expanded. Some resources are: http://www.dragonresearchgroup.org/insight/sshpwauth-cloud.html http://img.sjbn.co/files/500-most-used-passwords-show-as-a-tag-cloud.gif http://www.skullsecurity.org/wiki/index.php/Passwords There should be more than one level of filtering bad passwords. Some, such as the current suckypasswords collection, should be forced. There should also be an optional blacklist based on the resources above. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/844457/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-core Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-core More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
