Re: Define Complex Passwords

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You'd need to roll up a custom passflt.dll to create custom password
complexity definition, or else use third-party tools. I'd recommend testing
the living daylights out of anything you might deploy in this arena, whether
home-grown or third-party, since it's futzing with a pretty integral part of
the AD authentication process.

HTH

- Laura

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Laura E. Hunter
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"CK" <CK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Does anyone know how to actually define complex passwords? I know that
when
this option is selected that a password has to have a 3 out of 4 of the
following requirements: upper case, lower case, number, special characters

Is there a way for passwords to require at least one number rather than
the
other criteria needed for "complex passwords"? So rather than requiring
upper
case characters, and special characters, passwords could be lower case
characters plus one number (or more if the user prefers).


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