@Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1553arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.workscybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1549arrow-down1external-linkNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.com@Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square179fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.workscybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
minus-square@Soggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months 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@sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-22 months 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??