freebsd-ports/security/cracklib/pkg-descr
Will Andrews 9d3118a215 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>
2000-12-19 12:55:33 +00:00

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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>