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Easy PHP Projects: Password Utilities

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Overview

These quick and easy PHP projects help you build password generators and password strength meters for more secure sites and applications.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Using the exercise files
1. Password Generator
  • About character sets
  • Create a character set
  • Select a random character
  • Build a randomized string
  • Allowing configuration
  • Using a form for configuration
  • Function options
2. Readable Password Generator
  • Secure passwords vs. friendly passwords
  • Create a dictionary
  • Merge dictionaries
  • Choose random words
  • Add random numbers and symbols
  • Specify password length
3. Password Strength Meter
  • 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
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Kevin Skoglund

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