Re: A password strength checker
Re: A password strength checker
- Subject: Re: A password strength checker
- From: Martin Hewitson <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:45:35 +0100
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:
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> On Jan 7, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Martin Hewitson wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Martin
>>
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> 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.
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> HTH,
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> Phil
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