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authorwill <will@FreeBSD.org>2000-12-19 20:55:33 +0800
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Add cracklib 2.7, a library containing a function that can be used in
one's own passwd(8) program to keep users from making guessable passwords by filtering them out at the source. PR: 23392 Submitted by: Andrew J. Korty <ajk@iu.edu>
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+CrackLib is a library containing a C function (well, lots of functions
+really, but you only need to use one of them) which may be used in a
+"passwd"-like program.
+
+The idea is simple: try to prevent users from choosing passwords that
+could be guessed by "Crack" by filtering them out, at source.
+
+CrackLib is an offshoot of the the version 5 "Crack" software, and
+contains a considerable number of ideas nicked from the new software.
+
+
+NOTE THIS WELL: CrackLib is NOT a replacement "passwd" program.
+CrackLib is a LIBRARY. CrackLib is what trendy marketdroid types would
+probably call an "enabler".
+
+The idea is that you wire it into your _own_ "passwd" program (if you
+have source); alternatively, you wire it into something like "shadow"
+from off of the net. You can use it in other things, too.
+
+
+WWW: http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~crypto/
+
+Andrew J. Korty <ajk@iu.edu>