Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:26:24 -0600 From: "Robinson, Rick" <Rick.Robinson@bankofamerica.com> To: "'security@freebsd.org'" <security@freebsd.org> Subject: Strong Passwords Message-ID: <AFB399ACC132D511A0F700508B6FC8D201579702@mail.bankofamerica.com>
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Can anyone suggest what the best way to enforce strong passwords on a FreeBSD system is? We would like to add the functionality to our system to require users to have at least one alpha character and one numeric character in their passwords. And if possible also require them to use special characters in their passwords. I know we can try password cracking as a way to ensure strong passwords, but I think we want to go with a more proactive approach. I looked at the login.conf man page, but it looks like the only option available is to require mixed case passwords. I also looked briefly at Npasswd+, but had trouble getting that to compile on FreeBSD. Any suggestions you might have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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