Re: password sanity checker

Getting the size is easy, and if you had a small dictionary you could see if the password existed in that by looping through it. Not sure about checking if it is LIKE the username ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Sprickman" <spork@inch.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 12:18 PM Subject: [PHP] password sanity checker > Hi, > > I've been digging around for a function to do a sanity check on > user-supplied passwords when creating a new account. Haven't found > anything yet... Any pointers appreciated. > > Ideally it should: > > -check for a min number of numerals > -check for similarity against username (?) > -check at least a small dictionary > > Although anything that could provide a starting point would be great. > > Thanks, > > Charles > > | Charles Sprickman | Internet Channel > | INCH System Administration Team | (212)243-5200 > | spork@inch.com | access@inch.com > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >