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  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) just a suggestion - have it also check against known personal info - like name, initials, birthday, etc... also Jenn pointed out you should check against obvious words, like lugnet, lego s@h, etc... :) I can't wait to try it out... Great job! (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 
  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) Right! do all the really obvious checks first (the ones that would say things like "you know, using your first name may not be a good choice for a password") to save cycles. Well, let's have at it, I have some pw's I'd like an opinion on, and (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 
  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) good idea :) (...) just curious - how do you know what your users set their passwords to? ;) Dan (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 
  Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) It's my box, and it's going to a show, I was there when the password was set and I know it's not a very good one. But despite being the PM of the project I don't just want to stamp my foot and make them change the password, I'd rather provide (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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