codeandcoffee.com — Password strength meters are becoming more and more popular amongst web services. Google uses one when creating a Google account. One can argue how useful these meters really are, but non-the-less they are fairly cool for users. So how does one go about making one of these meters? Well it's fairly straight forward.
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mattrmillerJul 19, 2007
I am actually the author, not the submitter of the story.Version 1.0 referenced here was a proof of concept, the algorithm was not complete.There is a version 2.0 that is built out a little more: <a class="user" href="http://www.codeandcoffee.com/2007/07/16/how-to-make-a-password-strength-meter-like-google-v20/">http://www.codeandcoffee.com/2007/07/16/how-to-make-a-password-strength-meter-like-google-v20/</a>
fffizzzJul 19, 2007
"howsthis" validates as very secure? No, I would think .,4Fs23jh#!2bH as secure, but maybe thats just me?
imknutJul 19, 2007
if you type in "password" it says "very secure"
dustedotnetJul 19, 2007
Yeah, I was just thinking about how a "check multiples" should be introduced. For instance, if two of the same character appear right after one another or if a single character is repeated multiple times throughout the password.
tarmo888Jul 19, 2007
this code is useless and his 2.0 doesn't work as google one either, poor logic in his code
wiznoJul 22, 2007
Version 2 is considerably better, but there should be some sort of dictionary check.