Password checking ALMOST okay...

From: Ken Kleiner <ken_at_cs.uml.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:37:43 -0400 (EDT)

Hello...

  I recently found a site-callout script that I pointed the
enhanced security 'd_pw_site_callout' entry to in /etc/auth/system/default,
running 5.0a. It does a pretty good job checking for obvious stuff, but it
DOES allow using a password of username followed by a number (i.e. username6).
It won't allow a number followed by a username, neither just the username.

  I also compiled this code using the cracklib libraries,, but that also
allows it.

  Does anybody know how to get around this? Thanks in advance...

-Ken Kleiner
System Manager
Umass Lowell
Received on Wed Jul 19 2000 - 19:37:06 NZST

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