ASP.NET MVC3 Forms Authentication

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Globalization;

namespace Demo.Web.Utilities
{
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Field | AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = true)]
    public sealed class ValidatePasswordLengthAttribute : ValidationAttribute, IClientValidatable
    {
        private const string _defaultErrorMessage = "'{0}' must be at least {1} characters long.";
        private readonly int _minCharacters = Membership.Provider.MinRequiredPasswordLength;

        public ValidatePasswordLengthAttribute()
            : base(_defaultErrorMessage)
        {
        }

        public override string FormatErrorMessage(string name)
        {
            return String.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, ErrorMessageString,
                name, _minCharacters);
        }

        public override bool IsValid(object value)
        {
            string valueAsString = value as string;
            return (valueAsString != null && valueAsString.Length >= _minCharacters);
        }

        public IEnumerable<ModelClientValidationRule> GetClientValidationRules(ModelMetadata metadata, ControllerContext context)
        {
            return new[]{
                new ModelClientValidationStringLengthRule(FormatErrorMessage(metadata.GetDisplayName()), _minCharacters, int.MaxValue)
            };
        }
    }
}