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ADPasswordFilter v1.0

Adds additional password complexity constraints when users attempt to change passwords in a Windows environment. The MSI package can be installed to a workstation to filter password changes on local accounts or it can be installed to domain controllers to filter password changes on active directory accounts. The complexity requirements this filter adds are:

  • Passwords must be between 8 and 127 characters
  • Passwords must have at least one character from each of these four classes: uppercase, lowercase, numeric, and punctuation
  • Passwords can not contain characters that are whitespace characters, control characters, or extended characters
  • Passwords can not contain your username forwards or backwards
  • Passwords can not contain any 5 character sequences of: repeated characters, incrementing characters, keyboard layouts

This password filter logs both successes and failures for password changes to the windows event log. The event logging for successes and failures can be turned off through registry settings.

  • Development Status:
  • Production / Stable
  • Environment:
  • Win32 / Win64 (Microsoft Windows)
  • Intended Audience:
  • System Administrators, Developers, Security Auditors
  • License:
  • Operating System:
  • Microsoft Windows Server 20003 / 2008
  • Program Language(s):
  • C++
  • Topic:
  • Security / Active Directory

Author:
Matt Hart 		Secondary Author(s):
None
Homepage Link:
None 		Demo Link:
None
Download Link:
Here 		Send Questions To:
Matt Hart
Screen Shots:
None 		Responsible Department:
Collaborative Computing Solutions (CCS)
Documentation:
Included in source download. 		Latest Product Version:
1.0