> Hi Kevin,

> there's no standard... Password strength actually depends on a number of factors. For instance, when the requirement is that there must be lower case, upper case and digits, most people end up with a password that starts with an upper case character and has the digit at the end. Passwords that do not follow this pattern are often hard to remember. Therefore users will either write it down, or only use slight variations of the password when they need to change it.......

Thanks for the info Christof! Very interesting!

I noticed that in the code that Sergey wrote based on the Keepass program, it looks like it returns a number corresponding to bit encryption. I was wondering if when you say there is no standard, do you mean that the number returned is not a standard or the level of strength ASSIGNED to that number is not a standard (i.e. good, strong, excellent, etc.).

Sorry if my questions are newbeeish, I've not done too much work in this area before.

Thanks!