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Subject:	Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Thu, 30 Mar 2000 19:24:53 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: > OK, here it is: > > http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/pwsa/ [snip] > --Todd Very interesting results. It seems to LOVE NASD and NYSE rule numbers: NASD15a-6 got a 252% What is the percentage range that will display? Its very hard to tell what is really good or bad by the percentages that display until you enter a lot of passwords. Shouldn't the "ideal" percentage range be 0% to +100%? Shouldn't all fails be less than 60%?

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		Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
(...) It likes the Uniform Commercial code even better: UCCart8-9 - 368% Excellent However, LUGNETTODD - gets a "terrible" :') (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
(...) OK, try again now. (BOY is this thing getting picky now about numbers and stuff. I hope it's not getting too restrictive. I'll have to stop tinkering at some point soon.) (...) Theoretically infinite in both directions. It's just a number, and (...) (25 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. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !!

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