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[ Key or Password Quality Check ]

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Submitted on: 6/17/2004 1:34:05 PM
By: D. Rijmenants  
Level: Beginner
User Rating: By 6 Users
Compatibility: VB 4.0 (16-bit), VB 5.0, VB 6.0
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     How secure is the password I use? Is my key easy to crack? This function checks the quality from your password or key and returns a rating value between 0 and 100. The returnvalue could be used to fill a progressbar to visualize the password quality, to require a minimum rating for validation, or lots of other stuff. The Zip contains the module, a ready to use demo form, and all the comment you need to get started. All Comments or suggestions are most welcom:-) ...

 
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6/18/2004 2:59:07 AMPaul Turcksin

Innovative idea. Well documented and usefull module. 5 planets from me.
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6/24/2004 3:22:59 PM

Great code. Thanks for posting it.
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5/11/2006 9:11:59 AMnishant

hello i have seen this code but can you help me out in a problem.actually i want to lock a harddisk with the given password and unlock with the same password.i have one harddisk i have putted in a USB Device which i use for backup by my software.so i want to lock that harddisk that we kept in USb Enclouser by my software using VB6.0.and it shud be not usable in other machine once i locked it with the password.i want a back door of the password if i forget the password.thanking YOu.please solve my probelm or let me know f u r not getting me.thanks
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9/8/2007 8:51:16 AMpavan

hey please send in synopsis for this
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9/10/2008 11:00:50 AMNhix

Ahmm how can i make the input in the ENTER key like this "******"..
plz help.
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9/16/2011 1:04:02 AMluch

your code provide me more concept of locking password. thank

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