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| 2 | <title>Introduction to <application>cracklib</application></title>
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| 3 |
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[1ea79a1] | 4 | <para>The cracklib package contains a library used to enforce strong passwords
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| 5 | by comparing user selected passwords to words in a chosen wordlist.</para>
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[fa48bf3] | 6 |
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| 7 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 8 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 9 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 10 | url="&cracklib-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 11 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 12 | url="&cracklib-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 13 | <listitem><para>Download size: &cracklib-size;</para></listitem>
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| 14 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required (with cracklib wordlist):
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| 15 | &cracklib-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 16 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 17 | &cracklib-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 18 | </sect3>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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[7e7bcee] | 21 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 22 | <listitem><para>Required patch: <ulink
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[21eeb86] | 23 | url="&patch-root;/cracklib,&cracklib-version;-blfs-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
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[7e7bcee] | 24 | <listitem><para>Recommended patch: <ulink
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[21eeb86] | 25 | url="&patch-root;/cracklib,-&cracklib-version;-heimdal-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
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[7e7bcee] | 26 | </itemizedlist>
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[fa48bf3] | 27 |
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[1ea79a1] | 28 | <para>You will also need to download a wordlist for use with cracklib. There
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| 29 | are two wordlists to choose from at the following location. Use the
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| 30 | <filename>cracklib</filename> word list for good security, or opt for the
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| 31 | <filename>allwords</filename> word list for lightweight machines short on
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| 32 | <acronym>RAM</acronym>. You can of course choose any other word list that you
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| 33 | have at your disposal.</para>
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[fa48bf3] | 34 |
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[6eab593] | 35 | <para>cracklib (&crackdict-size;): <ulink url="http://www.cotse.com/wordlists/cracklib"/></para>
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| 36 | <para>allwords (&alldict-size;): <ulink url="http://www.cotse.com/wordlists/allwords"/></para>
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[fa48bf3] | 37 |
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| 38 | </sect3>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | </sect2>
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