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passpolicy Plugin
Compatible with DokuWiki
Weatherwax,Binky,2014-05-05 "Ponder Stibbons"
This extension has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues.
Similar to emailpolicy
Installation
Install the plugin using the Plugin Manager and the download URL above, which points to latest version of the plugin. Refer to Plugins on how to install plugins manually.
Please note that the Plugin needs the Hotfix-Version 2013-05-10a “Weatherwax” of DokuWiki.
Changes
Features
This plugins integrates multiple features to increase the strength of your users passwords.
Password Policies
Password policies are modeled after Microsoft's Active Directory policies. You define a number character types that should be used in a password and how many of them have to be used. Users will be denied to change their password to anything that does not match the configured policy.
You may also specify that the password may not match the user name, or even parts of the user name.
Configuration is done in the Config Manager.
Password Generation
The plugin exchanges DokuWiki's default password generation with a better one using a much stronger random generator. The generator will also take your configured password policy into account and create matching passwords.
You may also specify how strong generated passwords should be by giving the minimum number of bits of informations in them. The higher the number the stronger the password.
The generator supports three types of passwords:
- completely random passwords
- pronouncable passwords (as in DokuWiki's default generator)
- passphrases made up from a big list of English words and words in your wiki
Configuration is done in the Config Manager.
Password Strength Indicator
The plugin adds a simple password strength indicator to all forms where new passwords can be set by the user or administrator.