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Ruby password strength calculator (See related posts)

This method returns the password lifetime in years. Based on this:
http://www.codeandcoffee.com/2007/06/27/how-to-make-a-password-strength-meter-like-google

class String
  PASSWORD_SETS = {
    /[a-z]/ => 26,
    /[A-Z]/ => 26,
    /[0-9]/ => 10,
    /[^\w]/ => 32
  }
  
  def password_strength
    set_size = 0
    PASSWORD_SETS.each_pair {|k,v| set_size += v if self =~ k}
    
    combinations = set_size ** length
    
    # assuming 1000 tries per second
    days = combinations.to_f / 1000 / 86400
    
    days / 365
  end
end
to ruby password security by ciconia on Thu Oct 25 10:35:45 -0400 2007

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