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diff --git a/libraries/cracklib/README b/libraries/cracklib/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f9c32adf23 --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/cracklib/README @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +CrackLib is a library containing a C function (well, lots of functions +really, but you only need to use one of them) which may be used in a +"passwd"-like program. + +The idea is simple: try to prevent users from choosing passwords that +could guessed by "Crack" by filtering them out at the source. + +An example of its use can be located in the SAMBA examples directory. +The crackcheck program included with SAMBA will use the library to ensure +that the user doesn't pick a weak password. + +A larger dictionary can be found here +http://downloads.sourceforge.net/cracklib/cracklib-words-20080507.gz |