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by Tangurena 5163 days ago
This looks exactly like the Dept of Energy password guidlines when I worked there.

For item #5, you should be aware that they check for dictionary words of 3 or more letters, both forwards and backwards. I'm not sure what dictionaries they were using, but I found that most of the Japanese, Russian and Finnish words/phrases that I frequently pick from were forbidden.