Password Strength Metre Application

Passwords are considered the most commonly used method of authentication. Unfortunately, weak passwords as chosen by many users are known to be the main cause of many cyber attacks. With stronger passwords, it is believed that this first line of defence would be able to reduce the risk of cyber attacks, trespass and information exposure. A password strength metre application was, therefore, developed so that users can try out the passwords of their choice before actually deciding to register them. This was done with an aim of assisting users in choosing stronger and harder-to-crack passwords. The proposed application was developed with four main password strength indicators namely password entropy, probability of the password being cracked, actual effective password length and time taken to crack the password. Although the application contains these seemingly complex metrics, the data is presented in a user-friendly way so that it is intuitive to any users. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.