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Does nbvcxz do anything different than zxcvbn? Just curious on if your implementation does anything different/better. (Might be mentioned in the README, which I

• web007 8y ago
  The very first line of the README: nbvcxz is java library (and standalone console program) which is heavily inspired by the work in zxcvbn. Also it has https://github.com/GoSimpleLLC/nbvcxz#differentiating-features https://github.com/GoSimpleLLC/nbvcxz#differentiating-featur... for its own features, but not necessarily how it compares to zxcvbn.
  • ezekg 8y ago
    I saw that it was heavily inspired by zxcvbn, which is why I asked. Didn't see the differentiating features, so ty for the link.
• Tostino 8y ago
  Hey there. As said, the readme points out the major differences with zxcvbn. I think the main difference you'd see, is the quality of matches and the scores generated are superior to zxcvbn. I had put a lot of work into fixing some of the algorithms, and adding more than the original to cover all the corner cases zxcvbn didn't support well. For example, I support finding separators within a password with nbvcxz, so passphrase detection is much much better. I also added support for levenshtein distance calculations for dictionary matches. So common misspelling, or slight alterations to a word will be caught, even if they are not included in the dictionary. Also, internationalization support is nice for those who need it.