Amicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square172fedilinkarrow-up1552arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: cybersecuritycybersecurity
arrow-up1548arrow-down1external-linkNIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rulesarstechnica.comAmicitas@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square172fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: cybersecuritycybersecurity
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-25 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??
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??