Index: sources/view/settings/VSettings.cpp
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diff -u -ra5760947d3ed0d2748ba023a1c25e3c6aa0b1de1 -r88a09dc4b26cfdd5fd111d20adfb9cb60697186c
--- sources/view/settings/VSettings.cpp	(.../VSettings.cpp)	(revision a5760947d3ed0d2748ba023a1c25e3c6aa0b1de1)
+++ sources/view/settings/VSettings.cpp	(.../VSettings.cpp)	(revision 88a09dc4b26cfdd5fd111d20adfb9cb60697186c)
@@ -225,47 +225,69 @@
 }
 
 /*!
- * \brief   VSettings::isPasswordValid
- * \details Validates the passed string for conforming to the
- *          - at least one capital letter,
- *          - at least one digit,
- *          - at least one symbol
- *          rule
- * \param   vPassword - the string to check
- * \returns true if string pass conforms, false otherwise
+ *  \brief      Return whether the password has the minimum character limit
+ *  \param[in]  password  password to check
+ *  \return     true if the password contains requirement
  */
-bool View::VSettings::isPasswordValid(const QString &vPassword) {
-    int     minLen      = 10            ; // in the SRS the max is required to be 12 which seems incorrect and I didn't set it here.
-    QString pla         = "(?=.*[%1])"  ; // positive look ahead
-    QString regSntnc    = "^%1$"        ; // regular expression sentence with has a start/end
-    QString regUpper    = "A-Z"         ;
-    QString regLower    = "a-z"         ;
-    QString regDigit    = "0-9"         ;
-    QString regSymbl    = "!\"#$%&'()*+,\\-./:;<=>?@[\\\\\\]^_`{\\|}~";
-    QString rln         = "[%1]{%2,}"   ;
+bool View::VSettings::passwordContainsCharacterLimit(const QString &vPassword) const
+{
+    return vPassword.size() >= 10;
+}
 
-    // "^(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[!"#$%&'()*+,\-./:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{\|}~])[A-Za-z0-9!"#$%&'()*+,\-./:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{\|}~]{10,}$"
-    // !"#$%&'()*+,\\-./:;<=>?@[\\\\\\]^_`{\\|}~
-    QString regStr = regSntnc.arg(
-        pla.arg(regUpper)   +
-        pla.arg(regLower)   +
-        pla.arg(regDigit)   +
-        pla.arg(regSymbl)   +
-        rln.arg(regUpper    +
-                regLower    +
-                regDigit    +
-                regSymbl)
-           .arg(minLen  )
-        );
-    QRegularExpression passwordRegex(regStr);
-    bool ok;
+/*!
+ *  \brief      Return whether the password has a upper case letter
+ *  \param[in]  password  password to check
+ *  \return     true if the password contains requirement
+ */
+bool View::VSettings::passwordContainsUpperCase(const QString &vPassword) const
+{
+    static const QRegularExpression upperCaseLetter("[A-Z]");
+    return vPassword.contains(upperCaseLetter);
+}
 
-    //DEBUG: !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~
-    //DEBUG: vPassword = "Ab0!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~"
-    ok = passwordRegex.match(vPassword).hasMatch();
-    return ok;
+/*!
+ *  \brief      Return whether the password has a lower case letter
+ *  \param[in]  password  password to check
+ *  \return     true if the password contains requirement
+ */
+bool View::VSettings::passwordContainsLowerCase(const QString &vPassword) const
+{
+    static const QRegularExpression lowerCaseLetter("[a-z]");
+    return vPassword.contains(lowerCaseLetter);
 }
 
+/*!
+ *  \brief      Return whether the password has a digit
+ *  \param[in]  password  password to check
+ *  \return     true if the password contains requirement
+ */
+bool View::VSettings::passwordContainsDigit(const QString &vPassword) const
+{
+    static const QRegularExpression number("[0-9]");
+    return vPassword.contains(number);
+}
+
+bool View::VSettings::passwordContainsSymbol(const QString &vPassword) const
+{
+    static const QRegularExpression symbol(
+        QStringLiteral("[%1]").arg(QRegularExpression::escape("{}[],.<>;:'\"?/|\\`~!@#$%^&*()_-+=")));
+    return vPassword.contains(symbol);
+}
+
+/*!
+ *  \brief      Return whether the password is high strength.
+ *  \param[in]  password  password to check
+ *  \return     true if the password is high strength and false otherwise.
+ */
+bool View::VSettings::isPasswordHighStrength(const QString &vPassword) const
+{
+    return  passwordContainsUpperCase(vPassword)      &&
+            passwordContainsLowerCase(vPassword)      &&
+            passwordContainsDigit(vPassword)          &&
+            passwordContainsSymbol(vPassword)         &&
+            passwordContainsCharacterLimit(vPassword);
+}
+
 QString View::VSettings::hashedPassword(const QString &vPassword, bool vIsService)
 {
     bool ok;