Overview
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These quick and easy PHP projects help you build password generators and password strength meters for more secure sites and applications.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- About character sets
- Create a character set
- Select a random character
- Build a randomized string
- Allowing configuration
- Using a form for configuration
- Function options
- Secure passwords vs. friendly passwords
- Create a dictionary
- Merge dictionaries
- Choose random words
- Add random numbers and symbols
- Specify password length
- What is a strong password?
- Create a ration function
- Rating use of character cases
- Rating use of numbers and symbols
- Rate password length
- Display a color strength meter
- Next steps
