brson / brson/pwrabs

ban Levenshtein <= 1 of common passwords

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Dominant language
Rust
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Description

Mostly because many of the common passwords can be removed from the input as they are Levenshtein <= 1 of each other, also it broadens the set of bad passwords removed at very little cost thanks to fst.

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the Rust implementation that loads or filters common passwords and understand how the FST is used; then define the expected Levenshtein-distance behavior and add coverage showing which password variants are removed.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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