Password Checker
This web page will help you to choose a good
password. Among other things, a good password:
- should be at least 8 characters long, and
- should contain a mixture of
- upper-case letters
- lower-case letters
- digits
- characters that are neither letters or digits
Read the Columbia University Computer Science Department tutorial
for more information on good (and bad) passwords.
Simply type in the proposed password, and the page will evaluate its
strength. Note that this page only evaluates the strength of the
password; it does not actually change your password.
Credits:
- Columbia University's Computer Science Department has a
password-strength checker on its "apply for a new account" page, which
I incorporated into this page.
- The password-checking is actually done with a JavaScript program
written by Steve Moitozo.
Arthur G. Werschulz
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Fordham University