RE: Password Validation

>I want to implement a simple password validation program to disallow
>passwords such as "password", the company name, etc. 

Sturat - 

You can do quite a bit without having to implement a password validation
program at all....

Have you looked at the following system values closely?

        System                                                       
        Value           Type            Description

        QPWDLMTAJC      *SEC            Limit adjacent digits in password

        QPWDLMTCHR      *SEC            Limit characters in password

        QPWDLMTREP      *SEC            Limit repeating characters in
password 
        QPWDMAXLEN      *SEC            Maximum password length

        QPWDMINLEN      *SEC            Minimum password length

        QPWDPOSDIF      *SEC            Limit password character positions

        QPWDRQDDGT      *SEC            Require digit in password

        QPWDRQDDIF      *SEC            Duplicate password control 

For example, the word PASSWORD would not be allowed if you limited repeating
characters via QPWDLMTREP.

Specify AEIOU for QPWDLMTCHR and you would eliminate a lot of English
words...

Requiring a digit in a password could be enforced via the QPWDRQDDGT system
value...

With all this functionality I would think that most shops could get by quite
nicely without having to validate passwords via an exit program.
          

Kenneth

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-----Original Message-----
From: Allen, Stuart [mailto:sallen@fellowes.com]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 8:06 AM
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject: Password Validation


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