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diff --git a/security/cracklib/pkg-descr b/security/cracklib/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..304ae31cfd66 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/cracklib/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +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 be guessed by "Crack" by filtering them out, at source. + +CrackLib is an offshoot of the the version 5 "Crack" software, and +contains a considerable number of ideas nicked from the new software. + + +NOTE THIS WELL: CrackLib is NOT a replacement "passwd" program. +CrackLib is a LIBRARY. CrackLib is what trendy marketdroid types would +probably call an "enabler". + +The idea is that you wire it into your _own_ "passwd" program (if you +have source); alternatively, you wire it into something like "shadow" +from off of the net. You can use it in other things, too. + + +WWW: http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~crypto/ + +Andrew J. Korty <ajk@iu.edu> |