securepwd (password, test)

Name:	securepwd Support forum
Base name:	`securepwd`
Description:	Checks wether a password is secure enough
Related top rated classes:	password, test
Version:	`-`
Required PHP version:	`-`
License:	GNU General Public License (GPL)
All time users:	1989 users
All time rank:	1333
Week users:	5 users
Week rank:	1549

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Author

Name:	Llorenç Herrera `<e-mail contact>`
Published packages:	11 Browse this author's classes
Country:	Spain - PHP jobs in Spain
Home page:	`http://www.zumodered.com/`
Age:	31
All time rank:	71
Week rank:	287

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Cryptography

Encrypting, decrypting and hashing data

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Give it a username and a password, and it will check if the password is secure enough, based on different tests. It performs various checks based on the similarity of the given user name and password (even phonetic tests, soundex and metaphone), search the password on the given common-passwords file, minimum size check, and only-numbers check.
It's fully configurable, you can specify it not to perform some checks if you want.
It returns true if the password is secure, but it can also returns a full report specifying the results of the checks.

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Ratings	Utility	Consistency	Documentation	Examples	Tests	Videos	Overall	Rank
All time:	`Sufficient (75.0%)`	`Sufficient (65.0%)`	`-`	`Sufficient (75.0%)`	`-`	`-`	`Not sure (51.5%)`	1228
Month:	Not yet rated by the users

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How do I Generate strong passwords with PHP, PEAR, and PECL?	When you’re in charge of a Web application’s account registration and maintenance section, there are two things you can do to reduce the danger of user passwords being easily guessed via brute force attacks...

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Files

File	Role	Description
`passwords.txt`	Data	passwords file
`sampleresult.html`	Output	A sample of a report
`securepwd.inc.php`	Class	securepwd class
`test.php`	Example	Example script

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