I'm developing a password strength tester, please tell me how to improve upon it! (I need a lot more to make this actually useful)

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Aratox · Answer

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Manny300303199 · Answer

Nvm I see how it works

Manny300303199 · Answer

Well you could maybe make the tester to where the minimum amount of characters is like 6 for it to be strong password

Aratox · Answer

The code that I've incorporated so far goes as follows: ```html Password Strength Meter

Password Strength Meter

``` ```css body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center; } input { padding: 10px; margin: 20px; border: 2px solid #ccc; border-radius: 5px; } .meter { width: 200px; margin: 0 auto; height: 20px; background-color: #f1f1f1; border-radius: 5px; } .weak { background-color: #ff8080; } .medium { background-color: #ffcc66; } .strong { background-color: #66ff66; } ``` ```javascript const passwordInput = document.getElementById('password'); const meter = document.querySelector('.meter'); passwordInput.addEventListener('input', function() { const password = passwordInput.value; const strength = calculatePasswordStrength(password); // Update the meter color based on password strength if (strength < 4) { meter.className = 'meter weak'; } else if (strength < 8) { meter.className = 'meter medium'; } else { meter.className = 'meter strong'; } }); function calculatePasswordStrength(password) { return password.length; } ```

Aratox · Answer

@manny300303199 wrote:

Well you could maybe make the tester to where the minimum amount of characters is like 6 for it to be strong password

I've actually made it so that the password is required to be at least 8 characters long, although it doesn't check common passwords such as "asdfasdf" or "letmein", etc.

Manny300303199 · Answer

@aratox wrote:

@manny300303199 wrote:

Well you could maybe make the tester to where the minimum amount of characters is like 6 for it to be strong password

I've actually made it so that the password is required to be at least 8 characters long, although it doesn't check common passwords such as "asdfasdf" or "letmein", etc.

Oh okay makes sense

Manny300303199 · Answer

It's petty good as far as I can tell. Don't know really anything about coding though

Aratox · Answer

@manny300303199 wrote:

It's petty good as far as I can tell. Don't know really anything about coding though

Thanks :) suggestions are always appreciated too

Manny300303199 · Answer

@aratox wrote:

@manny300303199 wrote:

It's petty good as far as I can tell. Don't know really anything about coding though

Thanks :) suggestions are always appreciated too

Np mate anytime. I don't see anything wrong with it. But maybe you could make it to where it could tell you if it is poor weak or strong

Manny300303199 · Answer

Instead of the color ya no?

Aratox · Answer

@manny300303199 wrote:

@aratox wrote:

@manny300303199 wrote:

It's petty good as far as I can tell. Don't know really anything about coding though

Thanks :) suggestions are always appreciated too

Np mate anytime. I don't see anything wrong with it. But maybe you could make it to where it could tell you if it is poor weak or strong

I can add that, although the colors represent the security of the password for now.

Extrinix · Answer

Different character types,

A-Z
a-z 
0-9 
%!@#$^&*()`~-_=+[]{}\|/?><.,
etc

Aratox · Answer

@extrinix wrote:

Different character types, A-Z a-z 0-9 %!@#$^&*()`~-_=+[]{}\|/?><., etc

Alright, thanks

Extrinix · Answer

It would be a requirements form, basically

If it has this, and that, and this other thing, it is secure

Aratox · Answer

@extrinix wrote:

It would be a requirements form, basically If it has this, and that, and this other thing, it is secure

Yep, that's what I figured

Arizona · Answer

cool what is this gonna be used for

Shadow · Answer

I'm gonna type in my QC password rn lmk how good it is

Aratox · Answer

@arizona wrote:

cool what is this gonna be used for

Just testing password strengths, finding weak passwords... I'm basically helping people find secure passwords, and nothing is stored

Extrinix · Answer

Creating strong passwords-?

Aratox · Answer

@shadow wrote:

I'm gonna type in my QC password rn lmk how good it is

Actually don't try that yet lol because it's not even updated

Shadow · Answer

Too late

Arizona · Answer

@shadow wrote:

Too late

why is your password so long how do u remember all that

Extrinix · Answer

Oml

Aratox · Answer

@arizona wrote:

@shadow wrote:

Too late

why is your password so long how do u remember all that

He doesn't, he probably uses a password manager.

astral · Answer

Not a bad start but ideally you would want to implement other conditions that contribute towards a strong password. You can also parse the users input for common phrases if you’d like to experiment with string matching.

Aratox · Answer

@astral wrote:

Not a bad start but ideally you would want to implement other conditions that contribute towards a strong password. You can also parse the users input for common phrases if you’d like to experiment with string matching.

I already have a list of common passwords that I found on NordVPN's website (which has about 200 common passwords listed), and I'm working on finding more common passwords that may compromise account security. Thanks for the tips!

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