Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up1546arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.workscybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1542arrow-down1external-linkNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comAmicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square169fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.workscybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 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-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·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??