Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 18:12:00 -0400 From: Dan Wilhelm <dwilhelm@adelphia.net> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Cc: Mark Cohen <logos@csf.edu>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password Policy beyond mixed case Message-ID: <3963B2B0.60A1F963@adelphia.net> References: <4.3.2.20000705122423.00bd6ca0@javalina.csf.edu> <20000705193845.N13714@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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Ben Smithurst wrote: > Mark Cohen wrote: > > > I already sent this query to freebsd-questions and received no response. I > > am hoping someone on this list may help. > > > > Is there a setting for login.conf or elsewhere to demand a password policy > > stronger than mixed case, such as non-alphanumeric? If not, can you > > suggest good ways/programs to enforce such password policies. > > You might look at npasswd. I've never used it myself, but I've seen it > suggested before... I agree, npasswd is highly configurable, works well, and also allows you to keep history so users cannot reuse old passwords. > > > http://www.utexas.edu/cc/unix/software/npasswd/ > > -- > Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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