Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1552arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.workscybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1548arrow-down1external-linkNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comAmicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square179fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.workscybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
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??
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??