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Re: Automated password appraisal (Re: New feature: Article rating)
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Thu, 30 Mar 2000 22:49:32 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Ed Jones writes:
> Very interesting results. It seems to LOVE NASD and NYSE rule numbers:
> NASD15a-6 got a 252%
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.)
> What is the percentage range that will display?
Theoretically infinite in both directions. It's just a number, and it's
only displayed as a percentage for fun. :) Anything less than 1.0
(equivalent to "100%" strength") is failed, and anything 1.0 and higher is
passed.
> 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%?
It's normalized for +100% being (hopefully) "unbreakable". +200% would mean
extra unbreakable -- above and beyond what's needed. (Again, it's just a
numba.)
--Todd
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