Some_Emo_Chick to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish · 20 hours agoShould've just picked a better passwordimagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down118cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1433arrow-down1imageShould've just picked a better passwordSome_Emo_Chick to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square36linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremarcoslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·18 hours agoIt’s somewhat common to limit password lengths to avoid DoS attacks that exploit a slow key generation function. But that limitation should on some hundreds or a few thousands characters. Sites that use limits like “16” are probably storing them as plain text.
It’s somewhat common to limit password lengths to avoid DoS attacks that exploit a slow key generation function.
But that limitation should on some hundreds or a few thousands characters. Sites that use limits like “16” are probably storing them as plain text.