Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comAmicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square152fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 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-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-211 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??