[plug] passwd (md5)

[Leon Blackwell]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 01:25:52PM +0800, craig at postnewspapers.com.au wrote:
> I've had cracklib pick out reversed, mixed case words with numbers and
> special chars inserted. It's _really_ paranoid. It is possible that by
> sheer chance your password is _vaguely_ based on some totally
> unrelated word.

It doesn't really matter if it's chosen on purpose or not; if a password
is based on a dictionary word, chances are it'll be tried fairly quickly
by someone trying to break into the system.

cracklib is your friend  :)


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