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phpbb-extension passwordstrength

An extension for phpBB that will show users how strong (or weak) their password is as they type it into the password field when creating or updating their account.

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vse/passwordstrength

An extension for phpBB that will show users how strong (or weak) their password is as they type it into the password field when creating or updating their account.

  • Thursday, May 3, 2018
  • by VSEphpbb
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  • 6 Watchers
  • 8 Stars
  • 5 Installations
  • PHP
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  • 8 Forks
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  • 7 Versions
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The README.md

Password Strength Password Strength

An extension for phpBB that will show users the strength of a password as they type it into the password field when creating or updating their account., (*1)

Build Status codecov Latest Stable Version, (*2)

Demo

Try it out yourself here: (Online Demo), (*3)

Features

  • Password field changes colors from red (weak) to green (strong) as the user types in a password.
  • Password strength is also labeled as 'Very Weak', 'Weak', 'Good', 'Strong' or 'Very Strong'.
  • Password strength is active for all password fields.
  • Password strength is scored using one of the available algorithms:
    1. Complexity is an unintelligent test that checks for complexity in a password by looking for a mix of characters, case, symbols, numbers and length. This is useful for encouraging hard to remember complex passwords, but can score easily cracked passwords like P@s$w0rd as Strong.
    2. __zxcvbn algorithm__ (used by DropBox) is an intelligent algorithm that calculates the guess-ability of a password by comparing it to a large dictionary of common words in multiple languages as well as looking for recognizable patterns like P@s$w0rd. This is a more robust strength checker that allows for user-friendly passwords that are easy to remember but still hard to guess. A Very Strong result represents a password that may take a computer years to centuries to guess.
  • Multiple languages are supported. View the pre-installed localizations.
  • The zxcvbn algorithm also displays user feedback about the password with support for Brazilian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish and Spanish.

Awards

  • Featured MOD of the Week in the phpBB Weekly Podcast, episode #166.

Install

  1. Download the latest validated release.
  2. Unzip the downloaded release and copy it to the ext directory of your phpBB board.
  3. Navigate in the ACP to Customise -> Manage extensions.
  4. Look for Password Strength under the Disabled Extensions list and click its Enable link.
  5. Choose a Password Strength algorithm under User registration settings -> Password strength type.

Uninstall

  1. Navigate in the ACP to Customise -> Manage extensions.
  2. Click the Disable link for Password Strength.
  3. To permanently uninstall, click Delete Data, then delete the passwordstrength folder from phpBB/ext/vse/.

Disclaimer

Password Strength is intended to encourage your forum users to use strong passwords. It does not guarantee protection against password attacks, nor does it force your users to use strong passwords. The business of scoring password strength is a tricky and hotly debated subject, and you are encouraged to decide which of the strength test models included in this extension will work best for your forum., (*4)

License

GNU General Public License v2, (*5)

© 2013 - Matt Friedman, (*6)

The Versions

03/05 2018

dev-master

9999999-dev https://github.com/VSEphpbb/passwordstrength

An extension for phpBB that will show users how strong (or weak) their password is as they type it into the password field when creating or updating their account.

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GPL-2.0 GPL-2.0-only

The Requires

 

by Matt Friedman
by Matt Friedman (VSE)

extension password phpbb zxcvbn strength

22/01 2018

1.2.2

1.2.2.0 https://github.com/VSEphpbb/passwordstrength

An extension for phpBB that will show users how strong (or weak) their password is as they type it into the password field when creating or updating their account.

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GPL-2.0

The Requires

 

by Matt Friedman (VSE)

extension password phpbb zxcvbn strength

11/01 2017

1.2.1

1.2.1.0 https://github.com/VSEphpbb/passwordstrength

An extension for phpBB that will show users how strong (or weak) their password is as they type it into the password field when creating or updating their account.

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GPL-2.0

The Requires

 

by Matt Friedman (VSE)

extension password phpbb zxcvbn strength

24/01 2016

1.2.0

1.2.0.0 https://github.com/VSEphpbb/passwordstrength

An extension for phpBB that will show users how strong (or weak) their password is as they type it into the password field when creating or updating their account.

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GPL-2.0

The Requires

 

The Development Requires

by Matt Friedman (VSE)

extension password phpbb zxcvbn strength

11/12 2014

1.1.0

1.1.0.0 https://github.com/VSEphpbb/passwordstrength

An extension for phpBB 3.1 that will show users how strong (or weak) their password is as they type it into the password field when creating or updating their account.

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GPL-2.0

The Requires

 

The Development Requires

by Matt Friedman (VSE)

extension password phpbb strength

13/07 2014

1.1.0-b2

1.1.0.0-beta2 https://github.com/VSEphpbb/passwordstrength

Show users how strong (or weak) their password is as they type it into the password field. The password field will display a color (red for weak to green for strong) and a text indicator for 'Very Weak', 'Weak', 'Good', 'Strong' and 'Very Strong' passwords. This feature is active on new user registration, and in the UCP and ACP areas where you can change existing passwords to new passwords.

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GPL-2.0

The Requires

  • php >=5.3.3

 

by Matt Friedman (VSE)

extension password phpbb strength

06/06 2014

1.1.0-b1

1.1.0.0-beta1 https://github.com/VSEphpbb/passwordstrength

Show users how strong (or weak) their password is as they type it into the password field. The password field will display a color (red for weak to green for strong) and a text indicator for 'Very Weak', 'Weak', 'Good', 'Strong' and 'Very Strong' passwords. This feature is active on new user registration, and in the UCP and ACP areas where you can change existing passwords to new passwords.

  Sources   Download

GPL-2.0

The Requires

 

by Matt Friedman (VSE)

extension password phpbb strength