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Date:      Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:11:06 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org>
To:        "Robinson, Rick" <Rick.Robinson@bankofamerica.com>
Cc:        "'security@freebsd.org'" <security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Strong Passwords
Message-ID:  <20021119201105.GA5905@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <AFB399ACC132D511A0F700508B6FC8D201579702@mail.bankofamerica.com>
References:  <AFB399ACC132D511A0F700508B6FC8D201579702@mail.bankofamerica.com>

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On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:26:24AM -0600, Robinson, Rick wrote:
> Can anyone suggest what the best way to enforce strong passwords on a
> FreeBSD system is?

There's a pam_cracklib module floating around somewhere that you can
install to enforce strong password security.  There are also other
similar implementations (I'm pretty sure at least one is in ports, but
I couldn't find it with 5 seconds of searching).  PAM is definitely
the way to go since you won't need to make any code changes or
recompile anything.

Kris

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