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Subject:	Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Thu, 30 Mar 2000 20:23:39 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman wrote: > Second important question: > > Are there words that you can think of which this fails to detect as > potential weaknesses? (Try to stump it!) How about some of the following? They seem topically weak to me. lg*mnfg - 389% excellent shp@hm8354386 - 236% great m:trn6989 - 272% great Steve

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		Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
(...) I got a 421%, and then a -125%. Very interesting, i might have to switch some of my passwords here now! :) Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
(...) Not sure how to detect this...it isn't that terrible anyway, is it? (I can see that it comes from "lego*minifig" but it's still probably strong enough?) (...) Now gives a -1030%. (...) Now gives a 200%. If LEGO sets weren't an issue it would (...) (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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