[Bug 1044868] Re: Unsecure passwords reported as acceptable as well as strong ones

[Mattia Rizzolo]

** Description changed:

- This happened in a livecd installation from the ubuntu 12.04 desktop
- i386 iso file.
+ When you set the password during the installation or also when you
+ change it via the gnome-control-center you can insert a weak password
+ (like "123456" or "qwerty" or "abcdef" or "password" itself) without any
+ alerts, or so on.
  
- During a installation on a VM I decided that the username should be
- usuario (user in spanish) and the password should be contraseña
- (password in spanish). The language of the installer was set to spanish.
- 
- The bug is that the password "contraseña" was marked as acceptable
- (aceptable in spanish), witch is not.
- 
- I suggest a password strength verification that includes the most used
- passwords (like 1234 or qwerty) or, at least, a dictionary that includes
- the word password in every language.
- 
- I understand that the system must perceive the "ñ" character as a
- special symbol, but having declared a spanish keyboard it should not be
- treated as such. Nor with any other keymap and symbol that is non-
- english but present on them.
+ The suggestion is a password strength verification that includes the most used passwords (like "1234" or "qwerty") and a dictionary that includes the word password in every language.
+ A special attention to language like Spanish where "password" is "contraseña", and where is the character "ñ" which can be recognize as a special symbol.

** Tags added: precise

** Tags added: quantal

** Tags removed: installer password strenght ubiquity

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Title:
  Unsecure passwords reported as acceptable as well as strong ones

Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When you set the password during the installation or also when you
  change it via the gnome-control-center you can insert a weak password
  (like "123456" or "qwerty" or "abcdef" or "password" itself) without
  any alerts, or so on.

  The suggestion is a password strength verification that includes the most used passwords (like "1234" or "qwerty") and a dictionary that includes the word password in every language.
  A special attention to language like Spanish where "password" is "contraseña", and where is the character "ñ" which can be recognize as a special symbol.

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