Steve: I wrote an article on using regular expressions to validate strong passwords. It doesn't include all of your requirements, but it's a good head start. The last example in my article includes checking for upper-case alpha, lower-case alpha, and numeric. All you need to do is write the additional grouping for your special characters.
http://www.fusioncube.net/index.php/password-regular-expression-fun.html Steve Brownlee http://www.fusioncube.net/ -----Original Message----- From: Steve LaBadie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:47 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Validate Password I need to validate for a strong password with the following requirements: 1. Must be at least 8 characters in length (127 characters max) 2. Must contain at least three (3) of the four (4) following types of characters: a. Uppercase letters b. Lowercase letters c. Numbers d. Special characters (such as _ # @ $ ^ *) 3. Must not be the same as any of the previous three passwords used ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:269177 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
