[ol7_latest] cracklib-2.9.0-11.el7.x86_64

Name:cracklib
Version:2.9.0
Release:11.el7
Architecture:x86_64
Group:System Environment/Libraries
Size:209410
License:LGPLv2+
RPM: cracklib-2.9.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm
Source RPM: cracklib-2.9.0-11.el7.src.rpm
Build Date:Mon May 05 2014
Build Host:ca-buildj3.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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