Re: Password strength on UNIX

["Tom Ritter" <tom () ritter vg>]

There's a PAM module to do this
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/sag-pam_cracklib.html

-tom

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 3:13 PM, lgpmsec <lgpmsec () gmail com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Is there a means to audit/check the strength of passwords on UNIX machines
> with a native unix utility? If not, would you recommend utilities such as
> john the ripper or crack? Finally, in this case, any special considerations
> I should be aware of (account lockouts, system performance...)?
>
> Thank you
>
> -<M