diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/enhancement-add-password-policy-compatibility b/changelog/unreleased/enhancement-add-password-policy-compatibility
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ece0964fe92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/enhancement-add-password-policy-compatibility
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Enhancement: Add password policy compatibility
+
+We consume password policy rules from the server and test public link passwords against those.
+Additionally we added a show/hide toggle button to password input field
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/web/pull/9682
+https://github.com/owncloud/web/pull/9634
+https://github.com/owncloud/web/issues/9638
+https://github.com/owncloud/web/issues/9657
diff --git a/packages/web-client/src/ocs/capabilities.ts b/packages/web-client/src/ocs/capabilities.ts
index 410ac89202e..4f5fd4680ee 100644
--- a/packages/web-client/src/ocs/capabilities.ts
+++ b/packages/web-client/src/ocs/capabilities.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ export interface AppProviderCapability {
 export interface PasswordPolicyCapability {
   min_characters?: number
   max_characters?: number
-  min_lower_case_characters?: number
-  min_upper_case_characters?: number
+  min_lowercase_characters?: number
+  min_uppercase_characters?: number
   min_digits?: number
   min_special_characters?: number
-  special_characters?: string
 }
 
 export interface Capabilities {
diff --git a/packages/web-pkg/src/services/passwordPolicy/passwordPolicy.ts b/packages/web-pkg/src/services/passwordPolicy/passwordPolicy.ts
index dac86de30c6..25c584c1b98 100644
--- a/packages/web-pkg/src/services/passwordPolicy/passwordPolicy.ts
+++ b/packages/web-pkg/src/services/passwordPolicy/passwordPolicy.ts
@@ -36,21 +36,28 @@ export class PasswordPolicyService {
     }
     const rules = {} as any
 
+    // add default rule
+    if (
+      Object.keys(this.capability).length === 0 ||
+      (Object.keys(this.capability).length === 1 &&
+        Object.keys(this.capability)[0] === 'max_characters')
+    ) {
+      rules.mustNotBeEmpty = {}
+    }
+
     if (this.capability.min_characters) {
       rules.atLeastCharacters = { minLength: this.capability.min_characters }
-    } else {
-      rules.mustNotBeEmpty = {}
     }
 
-    if (this.capability.min_upper_case_characters) {
+    if (this.capability.min_uppercase_characters) {
       rules.atLeastUppercaseCharacters = {
-        minLength: this.capability.min_upper_case_characters
+        minLength: this.capability.min_uppercase_characters
       }
     }
 
-    if (this.capability.min_lower_case_characters) {
+    if (this.capability.min_lowercase_characters) {
       rules.atLeastLowercaseCharacters = {
-        minLength: this.capability.min_lower_case_characters
+        minLength: this.capability.min_lowercase_characters
       }
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ export class PasswordPolicyService {
     if (this.capability.min_special_characters) {
       rules.mustContain = {
         minLength: this.capability.min_special_characters,
-        characters: this.capability.special_characters
+        characters: ' "!#\\$%&\'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~"'
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/web-pkg/tests/unit/services/passwordPolicy.spec.ts b/packages/web-pkg/tests/unit/services/passwordPolicy.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..efd08270cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web-pkg/tests/unit/services/passwordPolicy.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+import { PasswordPolicyService } from '../../../src/services'
+import { createStore, defaultStoreMockOptions } from 'web-test-helpers'
+import { Language } from 'vue3-gettext'
+import { PasswordPolicyCapability } from 'web-client/src/ocs/capabilities'
+
+describe('PasswordPolicyService', () => {
+  describe('policy', () => {
+    describe('contains the rules according to the capability', () => {
+      it.each([
+        [{} as PasswordPolicyCapability, ['mustNotBeEmpty']],
+        [{ min_characters: 2 } as PasswordPolicyCapability, ['atLeastCharacters']],
+        [
+          { min_lowercase_characters: 2 } as PasswordPolicyCapability,
+          ['atLeastLowercaseCharacters']
+        ],
+        [
+          { min_uppercase_characters: 2 } as PasswordPolicyCapability,
+          ['atLeastUppercaseCharacters']
+        ],
+        [{ min_digits: 2 } as PasswordPolicyCapability, ['atLeastDigits']],
+        [{ min_digits: 2 } as PasswordPolicyCapability, ['atLeastDigits']],
+        [{ min_special_characters: 2 } as PasswordPolicyCapability, ['mustContain']],
+        [
+          { max_characters: 72 } as PasswordPolicyCapability,
+          ['mustNotBeEmpty', 'atMostCharacters']
+        ],
+        [
+          {
+            min_characters: 2,
+            min_lowercase_characters: 2,
+            min_uppercase_characters: 2,
+            min_digits: 2,
+            min_special_characters: 2,
+            max_characters: 72
+          } as PasswordPolicyCapability,
+          [
+            'atLeastCharacters',
+            'atLeastUppercaseCharacters',
+            'atLeastLowercaseCharacters',
+            'atLeastDigits',
+            'mustContain',
+            'atMostCharacters'
+          ]
+        ]
+      ])('capability "%s"', (capability: PasswordPolicyCapability, expected: Array<string>) => {
+        const { passwordPolicyService } = getWrapper(capability)
+        expect(Object.keys((passwordPolicyService.getPolicy() as any).rules)).toEqual(expected)
+      })
+    })
+    describe('method "check"', () => {
+      describe('test the password correctly against te defined rules', () => {
+        it.each([
+          [{} as PasswordPolicyCapability, ['', 'o'], [false, true]],
+          [
+            { min_characters: 2 } as PasswordPolicyCapability,
+            ['', 'o', 'ow', 'ownCloud'],
+            [false, false, true, true]
+          ],
+          [
+            { min_lowercase_characters: 2 } as PasswordPolicyCapability,
+            ['', 'o', 'oWNCLOUD', 'ownCloud'],
+            [false, false, false, true]
+          ],
+          [
+            { min_uppercase_characters: 2 } as PasswordPolicyCapability,
+            ['', 'o', 'ownCloud', 'ownCLoud'],
+            [false, false, false, true]
+          ],
+          [
+            { min_digits: 2 } as PasswordPolicyCapability,
+            ['', '1', 'ownCloud1', 'ownCloud12'],
+            [false, false, false, true]
+          ],
+          [
+            { min_special_characters: 2 } as PasswordPolicyCapability,
+            ['', '!', 'ownCloud!', 'ownCloud!#'],
+            [false, false, false, true]
+          ],
+          [
+            { max_characters: 2 } as PasswordPolicyCapability,
+            ['ownCloud', 'ownC', 'ow', 'o'],
+            [false, false, true, true]
+          ],
+          [
+            {
+              min_characters: 8,
+              min_lowercase_characters: 2,
+              min_uppercase_characters: 2,
+              min_digits: 2,
+              min_special_characters: 2,
+              max_characters: 72
+            } as PasswordPolicyCapability,
+            ['öwnCloud', 'öwnCloudää', 'öwnCloudää12', 'öwnCloudäÄ12#!'],
+            [false, false, false, true]
+          ]
+        ])(
+          'capability "%s, passwords "%s"',
+          (
+            capability: PasswordPolicyCapability,
+            passwords: Array<string>,
+            expected: Array<boolean>
+          ) => {
+            const { passwordPolicyService } = getWrapper(capability)
+            const policy = passwordPolicyService.getPolicy()
+            for (let i = 0; i < passwords.length; i++) {
+              expect((policy as any).check(passwords[i])).toEqual(expected[i])
+            }
+          }
+        )
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+const getWrapper = (capability: PasswordPolicyCapability) => {
+  const storeOptions = defaultStoreMockOptions
+  storeOptions.getters.capabilities.mockReturnValue({
+    password_policy: capability
+  })
+  const store = createStore(storeOptions)
+  return {
+    passwordPolicyService: new PasswordPolicyService({
+      store,
+      language: { current: 'en' } as Language
+    })
+  }
+}