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Bug 965496 - Cracklib-check doesn't recognize long dictionary words as based on wordlist
Summary: Cracklib-check doesn't recognize long dictionary words as based on wordlist
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: cracklib
Version: 6.4
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Tomas Mraz
QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-05-21 10:06 UTC by Hubert Kario
Modified: 2014-11-05 14:19 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2014-11-05 14:19:41 UTC
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Description Hubert Kario 2013-05-21 10:06:04 UTC
Description of problem:
The cracklib-check doesn't perform full dictionary matching for very long words.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
cracklib-2.8.16-4.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create-cracklib-dict /usr/share/dict/words
2. echo  pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis | cracklib-check

Actual results:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis: OK

Expected results:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis: Is based on dictionary word

Additional info:
Because of advent of passphrases, some very long passwords are not secure (e.g. "correcthorsebatterystaple"). User may want to filter such passphrases out.

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2013-10-13 23:35:24 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unable to address this
request at this time.

Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if appropriate, in the next release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.


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