@Amicitas to TechnologyEnglish • 1 day agoNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square160arrow-up1472arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@SoggylinkEnglish4•7 hours agoI recently set up a password with a 16 character max, alphanumeric only, no spaces. The service is in no way a security threat but still.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-25 hours agoA couple years ago I ran into one with a 12 character limit… I never understood password limits, other than something sufficiently large like 256 to prevent DOS. It’s not like the password is actually being stored anywhere… right? RIGHT??
I recently set up a password with a 16 character max, alphanumeric only, no spaces. The service is in no way a security threat but still.
A couple years ago I ran into one with a 12 character limit…
I never understood password limits, other than something sufficiently large like 256 to prevent DOS. It’s not like the password is actually being stored anywhere… right? RIGHT??