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Description

https://www.openwall.com/passwdqc/

passwdqc is a useful toolset for password/passphrase strength checking and policy enforcement and includes an optional pam module.

My use case is that I'm trying to enforce minimum security standards for myself and a few coworkers who are currently using Solus. pam_pwquality doesn't meet our requirements, but pam_passwdqc does, and we are using it on other Linux distributions.

Although unclear by their page, pam_passwdqc is included in their more recent release of passwdqc.

It appears that a lot of other distributions do include the package, and it is known for being a powerful and good toolset for password strength, with recent enough releases that it is an active enough project which is unlikely to go away given its inclusion in other distributions.

Event Timeline

DataDrake triaged this task as Wishlist priority.Nov 14 2020, 6:07 PM
DataDrake moved this task from Backlog to Accepted For Inclusion on the Package Requests board.
JoshStrobl added a subscriber: JoshStrobl.

This has sat in accepted for inclusion for over 30 days. Clearly, there is a lack of demand for the inclusion of this software, nobody has stepped up to provide a completed patch, maintain it, and properly integrate it. Closing as a result. Feel free to reopen but only when someone offers a patch via our proper patch submission methods and volunteers to be maintainer.

DataDrake changed the task status from Wontfix to Frozen.Feb 21 2022, 7:34 AM