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Re: [cobalt-security] cracklib question
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] cracklib question
- From: Michael Stauber <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 12:52:52 +0100
- Organization: Stauber Multimedia Design
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
Gi Chae,
> Had a snoop through some of the directories as su (ssh2 of course) and
> found these 3 files hidden away in usr/lib
>
> cracklib_dict.hwm
> cracklib_dict.pwd
> cracklib_dict.pwi
>
> Now I know this is for testing passwords for vulnerabilities - surely this
> wouldn't be standard installation files would it?
Don't worry about it. Cracklib is a nice tool which can make sure your users
don't use easy guessable passwords.
See: http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-97.16.CrackLib
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With best regards,
Michael Stauber
mstauber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Unix/Linux Support Engineer