Perfect password according to firefox
I was going through bits of firefox code, and I found the algorithm used by firefox to measure password strength. You can find it in function setPasswordStrength() in this file : chrome://mozapps/content/preferences/changemp.js.
So point schema for password strength:
For length : password-length*10 - 20 (Max 30)
For Numbers: no-of-numerics * 10 (Max 30)
For Symbols: no-of-symbols * 15 (Max 45)
For UpperCase: no-of-Uppercase * 10 (Max 30)
Your password strength is sum of all these points. So smallest password that would get 100 on password meter can be : AAA@@@ or something similar. But there should also be some criterion for the uniqueness of the characters.
Interesting read-on how to choose good passwords. that are also easy to remember. Please share your tips on choosing passwords [but yeah dont share passwords 
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Extra Cookie:
Type resource: in your location bar to directly go to firefox installation directory.
Related:
Choose and remember great passwords.
Firefox about pages
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can u also give us a sample passowrd according to firefox
there is no sample password provided by firefox.. but any password of length around 8 and 2-3 numerals, symbols, uppercase each is considered good password (like a1B2c@D!)
Actually this is algorithm used by firefox to assign password strength when choosing master password (In Tools->options->Security)
Perfect password according to firefox…
Algorithm used by firefox to assign password strength when setting master password. Smallest password that would get 100 on password meter can be : AAA@@@ or something similar. …
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