Re: Bug#239653: ITP: fcracklib -- a Free/Fast Zip Password Cracker

[Glenn Maynard <g_deb@zewt.org>]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:06:53PM +0100, Francesco Donadon wrote:
> Package name    : fcrackzip
> Version         : 0.3
> Upstream Author : Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
> URL             : http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/fcrackzip.html
> License         : GPL
> Description     : a Free/Fast Zip Password Cracker

Is "free" really an intesting thing to put in a Debian package description?

> fcrackzip is a free password cracker for zip files.
> 
> It is able to perform brute force or dictionary based attacks and allows
> to resume the cracking from the point when it was interrupted. 
> (only manually at the moment, but automatic resuming it's a planned
> feature).

There are several of these; how about mentioning in the description the
features that make this stand out from the others (john, crack)?  All
I see in this description is a feature that it doesn't have.

-- 
Glenn Maynard