Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1552arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1548arrow-down1external-linkNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comAmicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square179fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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-up6·edit-21 month 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??