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Subject:	Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:28:05 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: > In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: > > [...] > > I'll put this password thingy up on a webpage for people to try out, maybe > > later tonight. If we can all agree that it does a good job of weeding out > > bad passwords, then I'll put it into place for where you can actually change > > your own password. > > OK, here it is: > > http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/pwsa/ Thanks! Well, joke's on me. The password I thought wasn't so great is not stunning, but it got a "adequate". Sorry, I can't tell you what it is right now, though. Handy tool. Appreciate your making it available. ++Lar

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		Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
(...) stunning, but (...) Indeed. I got an excellent. : ) At least I got some decent passwords, if nothing else! Scott S. (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
(...) A couple questions about its structure...I don't know if you can answer these but it seems like you could maybe: Without giving away any hints about what it was, why did you think it was risky? Did it contain a word? Did it contain a word (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:28:05 GMT "Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote concerning 'Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)': (...) heh, it might be interesting to see a log of the passwords... though I'm sure that Todd (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
(...) OK, here it is: (URL) summary: Type in a password and it tells you "pass" or "fail". First important question: Are there any bad passwords which this fails to reject? (If it rejects a seemingly good password, that's not necessarily a problem. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !!

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