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[217.169.3.230]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z18sm11899706wml.36.2019.02.05.03.22.07 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 05 Feb 2019 03:22:07 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Coming up with a password that is very strong. Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:21:58 +0000 Message-ID: <8290530.UAdKCf2tOQ@dell_xps> In-Reply-To: References: <8d027455-f210-c399-f5a7-bfb05692cc5f@gmail.com> <4357288.zjPoxG5Os4@dell_xps> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3212948.tR8IvbUJP2"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: fa146079-ebbe-4290-bcd9-1d6b3d4b7254 X-Archives-Hash: ad0950f1e3fde8989b5588b2887043c2 --nextPart3212948.tR8IvbUJP2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Tuesday, 5 February 2019 10:13:44 GMT Dale wrote: > After seeing your reply, I realize I just type the command and it > prompts me for a password. I ctrl c to exit. Well, ain't that > something? You can stop laughing now. ;-) > > It seems to think helloworld and reallysecurepassword is OK. I have to > question just how good this tool is at this point. Quite! I think the cracklib acceptance parameters are not as strict as they could have been for modern computing, but I don't know how to tweak them. With johntheripper you have many options to tweak the characters tested, length, etc. when checking a password. PS. I wasn't laughing at you, I was laughing at the passwords cracklib thought were OK. -- Regards, Mick --nextPart3212948.tR8IvbUJP2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. 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