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README
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This module provides a way to specify a certain level of password 
complexity (aka. "password hardening") for user passwords on a 
system by defining a password policy.

A password policy can be defined with a set of constraints which 
must be met before a user password change will be accepted. Each 
constraint has a parameter allowing for the minimum number of valid 
conditions which must be met before the constraint is satisfied.

Example: an uppercase constraint (with a parameter of 2) and a 
digit constraint (with a parameter of 4) means that a user password 
must have at least 2 uppercase letters and at least 4 digits for it 
to be accepted.

Current constraints include:

    * Digit constraint
    * Letter constraint
    * Letter/Digit constraint (Alphanumeric)
    * Length constraint
    * Uppercase constraint
    * Lowercase constraint
    * Punctuation constraint
    * Character types constraint (allows the adminstrator to set the minimum 
      number of character types required, but without actually dictating which 
      ones must be used.  Example - Windows requires any 3 (user's choice) of 
      uppercase, lowercase, numbers, or punctuation.
    * History constraint (checks hashed password against a 
      collection of users previous hashed passwords looking for 
      recent duplicates)

The development of this module was sponsored by Bryght 
(http://www.bryght.com)


Requirements
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This module has only been tested with Drupal 4.7.3.

Installation
==========================================
See INSTALL.txt

Author
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David Ayre <drupal at ayre dot ca>
Sponsored by Bryght <http://www.bryght.com>

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  4. This module provides a way to specify a certain level of password 

  5. complexity (aka. "password hardening") for user passwords on a 

  6. system by defining a password policy.

  7. 

  8. A password policy can be defined with a set of constraints which 

  9. must be met before a user password change will be accepted. Each 

  10. constraint has a parameter allowing for the minimum number of valid 

  11. conditions which must be met before the constraint is satisfied.

  12. 

  13. Example: an uppercase constraint (with a parameter of 2) and a 

  14. digit constraint (with a parameter of 4) means that a user password 

  15. must have at least 2 uppercase letters and at least 4 digits for it 

  16. to be accepted.

  17. 

  18. Current constraints include:

  19. 

  20.     * Digit constraint

  21.     * Letter constraint

  22.     * Letter/Digit constraint (Alphanumeric)

  23.     * Length constraint

  24.     * Uppercase constraint

  25.     * Lowercase constraint

  26.     * Punctuation constraint

  27.     * Character types constraint (allows the adminstrator to set the minimum 

  28.       number of character types required, but without actually dictating which 

  29.       ones must be used.  Example - Windows requires any 3 (user's choice) of 

  30.       uppercase, lowercase, numbers, or punctuation.

  31.     * History constraint (checks hashed password against a 

  32.       collection of users previous hashed passwords looking for 

  33.       recent duplicates)

  34. 

  35. The development of this module was sponsored by Bryght 

  36. (http://www.bryght.com)

  37. 

  38. 

  39. Requirements

  40. ==========================================

  41. This module has only been tested with Drupal 4.7.3.

  42. 

  43. Installation

  44. ==========================================

  45. See INSTALL.txt

  46. 

  47. Author

  48. ==========================================

  49. David Ayre 

  50. Sponsored by Bryght