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| Name: cracklib | Distribution: SOT Linux 2002 Desktop |
| Version: 2.7 | Vendor: SOT http://www.sot.com |
| Release: 10 | Build date: Wed Aug 8 10:31:33 2001 |
| Group: System/Base | Build host: y2k.sot.com |
| Size: 94940 | Source RPM: cracklib-2.7-10.src.rpm |
| Packager: SOT Linux Team <linux@sot.com> | |
| Url: http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~crypto/ | |
| Summary: A password-checking library. | |
CrackLib tests passwords to determine whether they match certain security-oriented characteristics. You can use CrackLib to stop users from choosing passwords which would be easy to guess. CrackLib performs certain tests: * It tries to generate words from a username and gecos entry and checks those words against the password; * It checks for simplistic patterns in passwords; * It checks for the password in a dictionary. CrackLib is actually a library containing a particular C function which is used to check the password, as well as other C functions. CrackLib is not a replacement for a passwd program; it must be used in conjunction with an existing passwd program. Install the cracklib package if you need a program to check users' passwords to see if they are at least minimally secure. If you install CrackLib, you'll also want to install the cracklib-dicts package.
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