Using and editing word files

Checks in the Password Strength module compare passwords to words in word files (.wrd files). The Password = wordlist word check, for example, compares passwords to dictionary word files. Passwords that match word file words and variations of those words can be easily guessed by intruders and are a security threat.

In the word files, capital letters following underscores in file names indicate the languages. For example, D = German, FR= French, I = Italian, NL = Dutch, P = Portuguese, SP= Spanish.

The following is a list of the word files:

Category

File

Number of words

First name

firstnam.wrd

Fname_D.wrd

Fname_FR.wrd

Fname_I.wrd

Fname_NL.wrd

Fname_P.wrd

Fname_SP.wrd

651

1602

784

952

724

449

349

Last name

lastnam.wrd

Fname_D.wrd

Fname_FR.wrd

Fname_I.wrd

Fname_NL.wrd

Fname_P.wrd

Fname_SP.wrd

2958

3101

3196

2848

3005

723

3027

Dictionaries

synopsis.wrd

english.wrd

lenglish.wrd

Slist_D.wrd

List_D.wrd

Llist_D.wrd

Slist_FR.wrd

List_FR.wrd

Llist_FR.wrd

Slist_I.wrd

List_I.wrd

Llist_I.wrd

Slist_NL.wrd

List_NL.wrd

Llist_NL.wrd

Slist_P.wrd

List_P.wrd

Llist_P.wrd

Slist_SP.wrd

List_SP.wrd

Llist_SP.wrd

yiddish.wrd

253

3489

34886

169

2597

19319

166

2517

17893

227

2490

14814

399

3038

14232

217

2169

16950

162

2424

19580

639

Computers

computer.wrd

Compu_D.wrd

Compu_FR.wrd

Compu_I.wrd

Compu_NL.wrd

Compu_P.wrd

Compu_SP.wrd

defaults.wrd

nerdnet-defaults.wrd

ntccrack.wrd

Oracle.wrd

wormlist.wrd

143

545

346

255

184

226

216

465

142

16870

37

432

Specialty

cartoon.wrd

college.wrd

disney.wrd

hpotter.wrd

python.wrd

sports.wrd

tolkien.wrd

trek.wrd

133

819

433

715

3443

247

471

876

To enable a word file

  1. In the Disabled Word Files list, select a word file.

  2. Click the left arrow.

To disable a word file

  1. In the Enabled Word files list, select a word file.

  2. Click the right arrow.

To edit a word file

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Open an existing word file in a text editor.

      UNIX word files are located in esm/words.

    • Create a new ASCII plain-text word file in a text editor. Name the new file with a .wrd extension.

  2. Type only one word per line.

  3. Save the file in the words directory.