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Opened 17 years ago

Closed 17 years ago

#5404 closed enhancement (duplicate)

Add pluggable function to enforce password strength

Reported by: pishmishy's profile pishmishy Owned by: pishmishy's profile pishmishy
Milestone: Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version:
Component: Security Keywords: has-patch
Focuses: Cc:

Description

Patch adds an extra option (disabled by default) to force users to chose secure passwords. A plugin replaceable function is called at the appropriate time to check the strength of the password. I realize that this functionality could be achieved through a plugin but I'd like to make the case that the extra security gained against brute force attacks makes it worth including. See also #4470 (Ideally I should really rewrite the function to replicate that javascript function).

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5404.patch (3.8 KB) - added by pishmishy 17 years ago.

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Change History (6)

@pishmishy
17 years ago

#1 @pishmishy
17 years ago

  • Keywords has-patch added

Ignore my comment on #4470. With after thought I don't think that Javascript function isn't great. checkRepetition() isn't well documented, the algorithm isn't clear (why check for symbols, numbers and then again for symbols and numbers - surely the score would take that into account naturally?).

Preferring my patch for now.

#2 @pishmishy
17 years ago

  • Status changed from new to assigned

#3 @darkdragon
17 years ago

Well, since you are doing this, then ignore my other comment.

#4 @JDTrower
17 years ago

A patch has been posted on #4470 that includes the functionality requested in this ticket. That patch needs testing.

#5 @pishmishy
17 years ago

  • Milestone 2.6 deleted
  • Resolution set to duplicate
  • Status changed from assigned to closed

Thanks. Closing as duplicate of 4470.

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