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Re: Password Quality checker

Subject: Re: Password Quality checker
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 20:55:01 -0500
MS has one on their website for public use. It is pretty cool :

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/privacy/password_checker.mspx

Your password never gets sent to any server for checking. And if you
use any other web based utility make sure it is not sending any
anything to a server on the internet. Otherwise they might be
collecting your passwords....

I would recommend implementing a in-house as you have have keep on
updating it....

saqib
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net

On 12/23/06, Johnny Wong <johnnywkm@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,

I was wondering if your organization deploys any password quality
checking tool to help users select policy-compliant passwords? Be it
web-based or client based. I am thinking what type of requirements do
you use to select such tools, and what are the examples out there?

My thoughts:
1) It should not store the user's passwords (be it pass or fail)
2) It should be able to handle complexity rules (or align with Windows GPO)
3) It should also work with Unix/Linux passwords

Thanks,
JW




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Saqib Ali, CISSP, ISSAP
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net

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