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Password strength estimator

14 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 7 stories, 7 comments · first 2016-11-30 · latest 2024-03-11

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  1. …zxcvbn Java clone [1] I wrote to estimate password strength and for new password generation. [1]: https://github.com/GoSimpleLLC/nbvcxz
    comment by Tostino · 2024-03-11 · in KeePassXC 2.7.7 with Passkeys
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    Nbvcxz: Password Strength Estimator
    story by mooreds · 2022-09-12 · 1 comment
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    Advanced password strength estimation in Java – nbvcxz 1.4.3
    story by Tostino · 2018-12-04 · 0 comments
  4. …(and standalone console program) which is heavily inspired by the work in zxcvbn. Also it has https://github.com/GoSimpleLLC/nbvcxz#differentiating-featur... for its own features, but not necessarily how it compares to zxcvbn.
    comment by web007 · 2018-06-15 · in Blooming Password – A banned password check using a bloom filter
  5. …able to do a server side check, is to use a library like nbvcxz (Full disclosure, I wrote it): https://github.com/GoSimpleLLC/nbvcxz If you have a list of passwords you want to exclude, you can load it into the library, or it comes with…
    comment by Tostino · 2018-06-15 · in Blooming Password – A banned password check using a bloom filter
  6. I just released Nbvcxz 1.4.0 ( https://github.com/GoSimpleLLC/nbvcxz/releases/tag/1.4.0 ) which with the help of the community, now supports 8 different languages. I crowd sourced translations through Reddit /r/translator, by asking for…
    comment by Tostino · 2017-03-29 · in Show HN: Password strength estimation library
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    Show HN: Password strength estimation library
    story by Tostino · 2017-03-29 · 1 comment
  8. …smarter than any list of arbitrary rules could be. I actually wrote a similar library (nbvcxz - https://github.com/GoSimpleLLC/nbvcxz ) for my company which implements all of the functionality of zxcvbn (and extends it as well) so I could…
    comment by Tostino · 2017-03-10 · in Password Rules Are Bullshit
  9. …you want to use a server side tool, I wrote a port of it in Java (with quite a few extra features): https://github.com/GoSimpleLLC/nbvcxz At least on the server side, size doesn't matter quite as much.
    comment by Tostino · 2017-02-19 · in Show HN: Evilpass – A slightly evil password strength checker
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    Nbvcxz 1.2.1 released – Now with 10x faster password strength estimations
    story by Tostino · 2016-12-19 · 1 comment
  11. …just recently released a password strength library which can help enforce these exact requirements. https://github.com/GoSimpleLLC/nbvcxz
    comment by Tostino · 2016-12-14 · in New NIST password guidelines: don't require character types or rotation
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    Nbvcxz: Password strength estimator
    story by based2 · 2016-12-14 · 0 comments
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    Nbvcxz 1.2.0 released: better password strength estimation
    story by Tostino · 2016-12-13 · 0 comments
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    Nbvcxz: Password Strength Estimator – Initial Release
    story by Tostino · 2016-11-30 · 1 comment