Question

1. Explain how the proactive password checker approach can improve password security.

Answer 1

Proactive password checking is an online means by which the password choosen by the user is checked against the password policies out there.

It helps to prevent users from setting the passwords which are easily guessable which in turn will prevent against dictionary attack.

And also it will check for the entropy of the password, length of the password and whether it includes special characters or not.Enforcing these policies with the help of proactive password check still helps in improving the password security.

Since this is an online tool users will get to know then and there and will allow the users to set a strong password.