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That doesn't work, because of hunter2 is in the PW database but hunter3 isn't, your system will think hunter3 is secure even though it's not.



I think it should be two step - checking against the list and if that passes, complexity check. Covers complex passwords that are known to have been in use/leaked and non-complex ones too.




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