<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Fellow unique characters,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One thing that can make password generators work better is if they can understand the password requirements of a site.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I came across these requirements today which had both me and my password manager choking:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7wn7xy1svrz82fq/password-requirements-voip-ms.png?dl=0" class="">https://www.dropbox.com/s/7wn7xy1svrz82fq/password-requirements-voip-ms.png?dl=0</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What if registration forms could link to a regex of their password requirements that password generators could read?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Something like this: <a href="http://regexlib.com/Search.aspx?k=password" class="">http://regexlib.com/Search.aspx?k=password</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The other variables I’ve seen include not using whole or parts of a previous password, or the username.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m not sure how to go about it, but this is a standard that would improve all password managers. Would this be something Mozilla would take on?</div><br class=""><div class="">
<div class=""><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Ryan Feeley</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">UX, Cloud Services</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Mozilla UX</div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">IRC: rfeeley</div></div>
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