What are the criteria the 'Users with Weak Passwords' report uses to determine if a password is weak (NETIQKB41538)

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What are the criteria the 'Users with Weak Passwords' report uses to determine if a password is weak?

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The Users with Weak Passwords report checks for the following conditions:

• The password is too short.
• The password is blank.
• The password is a word found in the dictionary.

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A password is considered too short if it is less than 8 characters.

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For more information on how to locate and add words to the dictionary file see the following Knowledge Base article. https://www.netiq.com/kb/esupport/consumer/esupport.asp?id=NETIQKB49884 

Formerly known as NETIQKB41538