Dictionary checking is used to prevent common words from being embedded in passwords. Administrators often put words in the dictionary that are common to the type of business of the site. For example, a bank may wish to disallow words like "Account", "Savings", "Checking", and "Money".
All of the dictionary words appear in a special Dictionary section in the APS Configuration File. The section starts when the text [Dictionary] (case does not matter) appears in the file and continues until the end of the file or another section starts. All general keywords do not appear in a section and therefore must appear in the file before any sections start.
All entries in this section are disallowed words (all comparisons are case-insensitive and checked both forwards and backwards). Comments and blank lines ARE allowed in this section. Note that words less than four (4) characters will be ignored.
Example:
[Dictionary]
Customers Accounts Baseball Password
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