On 29-Jun-2000 Sajjad Haider wrote: > Hello, > > I am a graduate student, just started working on the area of computer > security. Few months ago, when I used Debian OS, I remembered when you create > a new account and enter password for it, the kernel warns you if it > categorize the password as simple. > I want to learn about the procedure with which the kernel decides that > whether a particular password string is complex or simple. >
all chars and less than 6 characters a word in the dictionary is also commonly tested. In PAM there is a cracklib module which checks passwords constantly, you should look there as well.
