Wanted: Password checking program info

Jim Rudolf rudolf at neptune.uucp
Wed Aug 9 12:50:52 AEST 1989


In article <12001 at orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> rudolf at oce.orst.edu (Jim Rudolf) writes:
>In article <2171 at zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk> skilbane at zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk writes:
>>>> [....]
>>>>   if (done==ENDOFFILE)
>>>>     puts("Sorry ... password not found in dict.\n");
>>> 
>>> I hope people have the good sense to use a non-dictionary password now that
>>> programs like this are floating around the net.
>
>I have apparently missed the entire thread discussing password checking
>programs!  Where might I catch such a program floating around the net?

Actually, what I meant was:  are there any versions/extensions of
passwd on the net that will let me keep users from typing in trivial
passwords?  Sorry 'bout any mixup.

Jim Rudolf

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