Getting the size is easy, and if you had a small dictionary you could see if
the password existed in that by looping through it. Not sure about checking
if it is LIKE the username
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Sprickman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 12:18 PM
Subject: [PHP] password sanity checker
> Hi,
>
> I've been digging around for a function to do a sanity check on
> user-supplied passwords when creating a new account. Haven't found
> anything yet... Any pointers appreciated.
>
> Ideally it should:
>
> -check for a min number of numerals
> -check for similarity against username (?)
> -check at least a small dictionary
>
> Although anything that could provide a starting point would be great.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles
>
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