For the first part I am planning to add parameters to global settings. But for the 2nd part I think it depends on where we are integrating this plugin.
To start with I will integrate it with abstract layer of Authenticator implementations and we can override in the corresponding authenticator on need basis. Thanks Damoder/ On 18-Jul-2014, at 10:28 pm, Demetrius Tsitrelis <demetrius.tsitre...@citrix.com> wrote: > So the plugin will show the strength AND it will enforce the strength when a > user is created or updates his password. Will it be possible for an > administrator to disable either of these? > > For both of those capabilities is the plugin's behavior configurable for > different authentication encoders? That is, could I have one set of rules > for the SHA256 authenticator and a different set of rules for the MD5 > authenticator? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Damoder Reddy [mailto:damoder.re...@citrix.com] > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 9:13 AM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Adding a plugin to check the password strength of all > users > > Will show the strength of the password as well. > > > On 18-Jul-2014, at 6:53 pm, Demetrius Tsitrelis > <demetrius.tsitre...@citrix.com> wrote: > >> Will the plugin merely show the strength of the password or will the plugin >> prevent the use of weak passwords? >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: Damoder Reddy [damoder.re...@citrix.com] >> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 11:02 PM >> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org >> Subject: [PROPOSAL] Adding a plugin to check the password strength of >> all users >> >> Hi all, >> >> I am thinking to add a plugin which enables to check the password strength >> of a user while setting/resetting the password for that user. >> why as a plugin because different companies may have a different rule sets >> to check the password strength. >> >> The default implementation will have the password strength calculation >> based on the following parameters 1. Length of the password 2. Number >> of Character Sets involved in the password defined. For ex, Upper Case >> Letter, Lower Case letter, Digits and special character set. >> >> Ay suggestions/Comments? >> >> Thanks >> Damoder >
