Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Smarter password checker lets you compare with others

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/01/smarter-password-checker-lets.html

"...researchers at INRIA in Rocquencourt, France and Ruhr
University Bochum in Germany have come up with a more advanced
strength checker that rates passwords relative to those already
stored in a site's database. Rather than vague strength messages,
their system can tell users their password is amongst the weakest 5
per cent on the site, encouraging them to try again with a stronger
alternative."

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