strispassword_s.c File Reference

#include "safe_str_lib.h"

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Functions
bool	strispassword_s (const char *dest, rsize_t dmax)
	This function validates the make-up of a password string. More...

Function Documentation

strispassword_s()

bool strispassword_s	(	const char *	dest,
		rsize_t	dmax
	)

This function validates the make-up of a password string.

-Password must have mininmum SAFE_STR_PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH characters
-Password can have maximum SAFE_STR_PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH characters
-Password must have at least SAFE_STR_MIN_LOWERCASE lower case characters
-Password must have at least SAFE_STR_MIN_UPPERCASE upper case characters
-Password must have at least SAFE_STR_MIN_NUMBERS numbers
-Password must have at least SAFE_STR_MIN_SPECIALS special characters

Remarks

EXTENSION TO ISO/IEC TR 24731, Programming languages, environments and system software interfaces, Extensions to the C Library, Part I: Bounds-checking interfaces

Parameters

dest	pointer to string
dmax	maximum length of password string

Precondition

dest shall not be a null pointer.

dmax > SAFE_STR_PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH

dmax < SAFE_STR_PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH

dest shall not be unterminated

Returns

true when string has valid password makeup

false when string does not meet requirements or an error occurred

See also

strzero_s()