[ol6_u8_base] cracklib-2.8.16-4.el6.i686

Name:cracklib
Version:2.8.16
Release:4.el6
Architecture:i686
Group:System Environment/Libraries
Size:174153
License:LGPLv2+
RPM: cracklib-2.8.16-4.el6.i686.rpm
Source RPM: cracklib-2.8.16-4.el6.src.rpm
Build Date:Tue Mar 29 2011
Build Host:ca-build19.us.oracle.com
Vendor:Oracle America
URL:http://sourceforge.net/projects/cracklib/
Summary:A password-checking library
Description:
CrackLib tests passwords to determine whether they match certain
security-oriented characteristics, with the purpose of stopping users
from choosing passwords that are easy to guess. CrackLib performs
several tests on passwords: it tries to generate words from a username
and gecos entry and checks those words against the password; it checks
for simplistic patterns in passwords; and it checks for the password
in a dictionary.

CrackLib is actually a library containing a particular C function
which is used to check the password, as well as other C
functions. CrackLib is not a replacement for a passwd program; it must
be used in conjunction with an existing passwd program.

Install the cracklib package if you need a program to check users'
passwords to see if they are at least minimally secure. If you install
CrackLib, you will also want to install the cracklib-dicts package.

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