[security-discuss] Password strength indicator (Was Re: [install-discuss] Comments on mockup...)

[Darren J Moffat]

Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 12:43:42AM +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote:
>> Or put another way the indicator of strength doesn't really belong in an 
>> install/config tool but "in" the pam_chauthtok(3pam) module.  This could 
>> be problematic due to the current PAM message interface but I'm willing 
>> to try giving it a go - it might work okay.
> 
> With PAM you can't have a password strength bar that changes as you type
> the password...

I think you might be able to do that with a cunning conversation 
function and cunning use of the PAM message blocks.  I need to play with 
this though.

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Darren J Moffat