Apple Open-Sources ‘Password Manager Resources’ for Developers
Jun. 6, 2020Apple hasopen-sourced a set of tools for developers as part of its Password Manager Resources projectin an effort to increase the compatibility ofpassword managersacross popular websites.
“The Password Manager Resources open source project allows you to integrate website-specific requirements used by the iCloud Keychain password manager to generate strong, unique passwords.The project also contains collections of websites known to share a sign-in system, links to websites’ pages where users change passwords, and more,” explains Apple.
According to Apple, the project strives to offer three major benefits – resource sharing, public documentation of website-specific behavior, and to improve the quality of password managers.
The project alsodocuments several website-specific “quirks”such as password rules, websites with shared credential backends, and URLs for changing passwords.
Password rules refer to the criteria set by websitesfor passwords. For instance, if you would like to create an account on AliExpress, the password should be of minimum length 6 and maximum length 20.
‘Websites with shared credential backends’ filecontains a list of groups of websites that are known to share the same credentialbackend. Meanwhile, the ‘Change password URLs’ file highlights the closest possible link from which users can change their password.
You may read more and access the resources provided through the project onApple’s GitHub page.
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