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This package provides an interface to the cracklib (libcrack) libraries that
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come standard on most unix-like distributions. This allows you to check
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passwords against dictionaries of words to ensure some minimal level of
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password security.
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From the cracklib README
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CrackLib makes literally hundreds of tests to determine whether you've
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chosen a bad password.
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* It tries to generate words from your username and gecos entry to tries
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to match them against what you've chosen.
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* It checks for simplistic patterns.
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* It then tries to reverse-engineer your password into a dictionary
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word, and searches for it in your dictionary.
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- after all that, it's PROBABLY a safe(-ish) password. 8-)
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WWW: http://pecl.php.net/package/crack
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